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     From the early days of history people looked for ways of telling the time, but it was not until the thirteenth century that machines for telling the time
were invented.These first clocks were very big. They had no faces or hands
but they did have a bell. It rang every hour.
     In the seventeenth century, people began to use clocks with faces and
hands and to carry small clocks with them.
     For a long time after that, men and women had pocket watches. These
were usually tied (檢) to a button (紐扣) on the person's clothes.
     It is strange that wristwatches were not used until about 1914. The man
who made the first popular watch was walking in a park one day. There he
saw a woman with a pocket watch tied to her wrist (手腕) , she was feeding
her baby and she needed to have both hands free to hold the child.
     Now nearly everybody wears a watch all the time. If you have a
"waterproof"  watch, you don't even have to take it off when you go
swimming. Aboul 80 million wat-ches are made every year.
1. The first clock was invented___________.
A. in the seventeenth century
B. in the thirteenth century
C. in the early days of history
D. before the thirteenth century
2. Before the watches came into use,________.
A. the pocket watches were popular
B. people didn't use any watches
C. the clocks they used had no faces and hands
D. people used bells   
3. Which is the correct order of the invention according to the time?
A. Clock without faces and hands, wristwatch, pocket watch
B. Pocket watch , clock without faces and hands , wrist-watch
C. Wristwatch, pocket watch, clock without faces and hands
D. Clock without faces and hands, pocket watch , wristwatch
4. The underlined word "waterproof"means_______.        
A.無水的      
B.含水的      
C.防水的      
D.浸水的
5. Which of the following is the best title?
A. The Invention of Watches
B. How to Tell the Time
C. From Clocks to Watches
D. Watches Are Better Than Clocks
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     Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are
much cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out "unimportant" letters in the
words and using numbers instead of words (2=to, 3=free, 4 = for, 8 = ate, so, etc. ). You can also keep
a way from using punctuation. Here is an example: Do u wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnit? (Do you want go to the
cinema tonight?)
     What do you think these text messages mean?
     Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wing hrs fr a cll.
     Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll.
     I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
     Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols to show how they feel. They are called
emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways.
For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face.
Like this :
     Why didt you call me? I'm so sad.－ (Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where
you could use them? -) laughing, -( sad,  -< really sad,  -o shocked,  -v shouting,  | . | asleep,  8－| , 
surprised,  /\-o  bored.

1. Why are text messages popular?
A. Because they are expensive.
B. Because they are cheap.
C. Because they are hard to write.
D. Because they are not important.
2. The first paragraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in _______ways.
A. one                          
B. two
C. three                      
D. four
3. What does this text message " Do U wnt 2 cks?" mean? It means_______.
A. Do you want to come?
B. Do you wear two caps?
C. Do you want two cakes?
D. Do you go home early?
4. Why do people use emoticons?
A. Because they can show how the users feel.
B. Because the symbols are beautiful.
C. Because the text messages are short.
D. Because the users can't make the words shorter.
5. If you want to say someone is happy,  you could use the symbol "        ___ " in the text message.
A. -)  
B. -(  
C. -v  
D. |·|


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