ATextingmessaging,orsimply“texting”,whichallowspeopletosendandreceivemessagesonmobilephones,becomesverypopulartoday.Theadvantagesoftextingareobvious.Textinghelpstosavemoney.Ifyouhaveafewwordstogreetyourfamiliesandfriendsontheirbirthdaysoronsomeimportantfestivals,sendingmessagescanbecheaperthanphonecalling.Textinghelpstosavetime.Evenifyouwanttosendamessageto100people,youcandoitinonesecond.Textinghelpsyouto“talk”tosomeonewhenheistoobusytoanswerthephone.Textingcanalsohelpyouto“talk”tosomeonesecretlyifyoudon’twantotherstohearwhatyouaretalkingonthephone.Theseadvantagesaresoamazingthatmanypeoplearecrazyaboutit.Theyholdmobilephonesinhandsalldaylong,senddozensofmessageseachday,andeventextwhiledrivingorwalking.However,textinghasitsdisadvantages.Junkmessagesmaycomeintoyourmobilephoneboxnowandthen.Whenyourphoneboxgetstoofull,youcan’treceiveanymoremessages.Youmaythereforemisssomeimportantinformation.What’smore,ifyoudon’tdotextingproperly,forexampletextingwhiledrivingorwalking,itcanbedangerous.Itcancauseinjuresandevendeath.Itwasreportedthatabout6,000peoplewerekilledandhalfamillionwereinjuredforthisreasoneachyear.InFortLee,asmalltowninNewJersey,USA,threepeoplediedbecausetheywalkedtheywalkedintotrafficwhiletextingin2011.TworesearchersatStonyBrookUniversity,NewYorkfoundthattextersare60％moreprobablytohaveanaccidentthanothers.Whenpeoplearetexting,theyreducetrafficaccidents,alldriversoftheUNarenownotallowedtotextwhiledriving.About32countrieshavepassedlawsrestrictingtheuseofmobilephoneswhiledriving.Textingisawonderfulwayofcommunication.However,onlywhenweuseitproperly,canwefullyenjoythefunitbrings.1.Howmanyadvantagesoftextingarementionedinthepassage?Two/Three/Four/Five2.WhatdidtheresearchersatStonyBrookUniversityfind?Textersareeasiertohaveanaccident.Textingisagoodwayofcommunication.6,000peoplewerekilledandinjured.Manypeopletexttogreetfamiliesandfriends.3.Theunderlinedword“restricting”probablymeans______.nottelling/notallowing/enjoying/making4.Thispassageiswrittentotellusthat______.weshoulddolesstexting/textinghasmanyadvantagestextingisbetterthanphonecalling/weshoulddotextingproperlyBSomepeoplethinkonlyschoolchildrendonotagreewiththeirparents,however,itisnottrue.Communicationisaproblemforparentsandchildren.Ifit’shardfiryoutocommunicatewithyourparents,don’tworryaboutit.Herearesomesuggestionsforyoutobridgegenerationgap.Don’targuewithyourparents.Don’tgettoyourparentswhenyouareangry.Yourparentsprobablywon’tconsideryourideasifyouareshoutingatthem.Youcan’texpressyourselfwellifyouareangry.Gotosomeplacetocooloff.Makesureyouunderstandwhyyouareunhappy.Thenthinkaboutwhatyouwanttosaytoyourparents.Ifyoudon’tthinkyoucanspeaktothematthemoment,trywritingaletter.Trytoreachacompromise(和解).Perhapsyouandyourparentsdisagreeonsomething.Youcankeepyourdisagreementandtryyourbesttoaccepteachother.Michael’smotherdidn’tagreewithhimaboutbuyingacar.Theyarguedoverit,butfinallytheycametoacompromise.Michaelboughtthecar,butonlydroveitoncertaindays.Ofcourseyourparentsmightrefusetocompromiseonsomething.Inthesesituation,itisespeciallyimportanttoshowloveandrespecttothem.Showingrespectwillkeepyourrelationshipstrong.Talkaboutyourvalues.Thevaluesofyourparentsareprobablydifferentfromthoseofyourown.Tellyourparentswhatyouarecareabout,andwhy.Understandingyourvaluesmighthelpthemseeyourpurposesinlife.Agoodrelation...
