阅读理解。
Several days ago, while I was logging onto QQ, my cousin's QQ head popped out online. We hadn't
seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a conversation with her. My cousin is studying in
a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always
online, listening to music or decorating her "personal space". I like visiting her space. It's creative and
modern and worth a visit. I can't imagine my designing such a colorful web page.
When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been changed,
but I could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further
observation made me realize that they added some common Chinese radicals (部首) to the original
characters, making them more vivid, a little like Japanese. My cousin said this gives new life to the
Chinese language and culture.
It is true that the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can't accept this new cultural change.
Some Chinese characters have meanings in the shapes; one shouldn't superficially change them by adding
an additional radical. So I persuaded my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to
communicate. And she willingly accepted my advice.
1. The author's cousin was a(n) _____.
A. engineer
B. teacher
C. model
D. student
2. The author would like to visit his cousin's space _____.
A. because he wants to design a web page
B. because the music is well worth listening to
C. because it is very attractive and popular
D. because it is the best one on the Internet
3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that _____.
A. the Internet has an effect on the Chinese characters
B. the Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet
C. the QQ message online is very useful to everyone
D. the text message is more important than the QQ messages
4. The underlined word "reinvented" in the passage means "_____".
A. destroyed
B. improved
C. discovered
D. introduced
5. We can learn from this passage that _____.
A. the author is a teacher in a college
B. the author can design a webpage creatively
C. the Chinese characters have been changed into Japanese
D. the author thinks people should use standard characters to communicate
