What language does she ________ ?

            A. tell                            B. speak                        C. talk                        D. say

What language does she______________？

A．tell        B．speak        C．talk        D．say

What language does she______, do you know?

A.speak　　 　　    B.talk　　 　　　　　　　　  C.tell　　 　　　　     D.say

 

　 If you tell others you are from the 1980s generation, probably you are not as cool as you might have expected. The cool kids today, or the so called “Post-90s” generation, have become much “cooler” than the 1980s’ group, as they can speak “Martian (火星的) languages”, an even more difficult language created by themselves.

　　 Mrs. Li, the mother of a 15-year-old girl, got worried recently, because she could hardly understand what her daughter was writing in her blog (博客). She said, “My daughter likes talking with her friends on the computer. I want to know what they are talking about, but I can’t understand what they are writing on the computer. They use Chinese, English, numbers and pictures. Sometimes I asked her, ‘Do your friends know the meaning of them?’ She said, ‘Yes, they do. Many of my friends talk with the language. It’s our powerful secret tool which parents and teachers cannot figure out at all.

　　 A 14-year-old boy said, “The students in my class often use ‘Martian language’ to communicate. It can help us hide our secrets from our parents or teachers.”

Some people say “Martian language” is good, but some people say it is not good. What do you think?

66. The “Post-90s” generation probably means the children who _________.

　 A. were born before 1990　　　　　　　　　 B. started school after 1990

　 C. were born in the 1990s　　　　　　　　 D. started working after 1990

67. Mrs. Li’s daughter is _________ years old.

　 A. sixteen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. fifteen　　　　　

C. fourteen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. thirteen

68. Why did Mrs. Li get worried?

　 A. Because her daughter didn’t write to her.　

B. Because she worried about her daughter’s health.

C. Because she couldn’t understand what her daughter wrote.

D. Because her daughter spent too much time playing computer games.

69. What does the underlined phrase “figure out” mean in Chinese?

　 A.　　　　　　　　 B.　　　　　　　　 C.　　　　　　　　 D. 弄明白

70. Which of the following is WRONG?

　 A. Martian language is a kind of official language.

　 B. Martian language is very popular with many students.

　 C. Many students like to use Martian language to talk with their friends.

　 D. Martian language can keep students’ secrets when they are chatting with each other.

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　　Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English. But not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother tongue. Actually Chinese is much more difficult 1 than English.

　　Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very well. If you didn't see them, you would 2 them for Chinese. What makes them 3 ?

　　“For me, conversation is the most helpful. I try to speak 4 Chinese. If you only listen to what others 5 , you'll be good at listening, but if you talk asmuch as you 6 , you'll find you can speak good English,” says Jenny Brown, an English girl now 7 Chinese at Beijing University. 8 is interested in Chinese and its history. She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know 9 about the country.

　　Chinese is different from English , 10 we can use the same way in learning them.

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