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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation" of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it's great. School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming  the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted . Everyone should just relax, say linguists . They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says. "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents." Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can _ that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted"; they simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their... Question: The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in paragrap5 means  _  . - be fairly sure - be greatly surprised - think it a pity - find it interesting
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be fairly sure


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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Successful students have good study habits. They have these habits in all of their lessons. Read about each study habit. Work to develop any study habit you do not have. Try not to do too much studying at one time. If you try to do too much studying at one time, you will get tired easily and your studying will not be very effective. Taking short breaks will help get back your mental energy. Try to study at the same times each day. Studying at the same times each day makes it become a regular part of your life, just like sleeping and eating. When a study time comes up during the day, you will be mentally prepared to begin studying. Set clear goals for their study times. Goals will help you stay focused  and check your progress. Simply sitting down to study has little value. You must be very clear about what you want to get during your study time. Start studying when planned You may not start your studying on time because you don't like a task or think it is too hard. If you do this, you are _ . If you procrastinate for any reason, you will find it difficult to get everything done when you need to. You may rush to make up the time you wasted getting started, resulting in careless work and mistakes. Work on the task they find most difficult first. Your most difficult task will require the most effort. Start with your most difficult task since this is when have the most mental energy. Review their notes before beginning a task. Reviewing your notes can help you make sure you are doing a task correctly. Also, your notes may include information that will help you complete a task. Review their schoolwork over the weekend. Yes, weekends should be fun in time. But there is also time to do some review. This will help you be ready to go on Monday morning when another school week begins. Question: The writer will agree with the opinion that  _ - not reviewing will result in careless work - taking as many breaks as possible is helpful - studying at the same time is as easy as sleeping - goals can help you get your work done
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goals can help you get your work done


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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice. One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick them and we can eat them." But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, "Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our neighbor's ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!" Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late. All the vegetables are finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbor was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables. Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbor brought Mrs. Brown a beautiful fat duck. And on it was a piece of paper with the words, "ENJOY YOUR VEGETABLES!" Question: One morning   _   were eating vegetables in the garden. - monkeys - ducks - pigs - chickens
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