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1、专业英语八级(作文)-试卷82及答案解析 (总分:10.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、WRITING(总题数:5,分数:10.00)1.PART V WRITING(分数:2.00)_2.Along with the widespread use of the Internet comes the cyber language, which arouses a bitter controversy. Experts denounce that cyber language is diluting the quality of language. Internet users, however,
2、 think that language is evolving all the time and rigid standards should not be enforced in the daily use of language. What is your view on this? The following are excerpts about this issue. Read it carefully and write your response in NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefl
3、y both articles; 2. give your comment.Excerpt 1 Is Internet English Debasing the Language? Online writing, you see, is destroying the purity of English as we know it and threatening to dumb us all down into a herd of screen-jabbing illiterates. Some people are worried about the abuse and impoverishm
4、ent of English online (notably, in blogs and emails) and the overall crassness of English prose in the age of global communications. But is it really true that English is being abused and impoverished in blogs and emails? I suppose it depends what kind of blogs one readsthe New Yorkers Page Turner b
5、log or Crooked Timber seem pretty well-writtenand what kind of email correspondents one is blessed with. As for the overall crassness of internet prose, there is an increasing amount of very fine essay-writing going on for online-only publications such as Aeon magazine and Matter. Of course theres a
6、 lot of bad writing on the web, but theres a lot of very good writing too. Theres just more writing at all levels of quality. Arguably, thanks to internetworked electronic communications, people are writing more than ever before in history. This does not by itself seem adequate cause for dejection a
7、mong the literati. Moreover, against the claim that the internet is impoverishing our language must be set the truth that it is expanding it with new and entertaining means of expression. Take, for instance, the facepalm. This splendidly economical way of indicating ironic despairsometimes accompani
8、ed by an image of Captain Jean-Luc Picard covering his face with his handis just one of the useful lexical innovations the internet offers to those who actually read it.Excerpt 2 Cyber Words Make Language Lively Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create Chinglish words to reflect
9、phenomenon in society. One example is antizen, which refers to college graduates who earn a meager salary and live in small rented apartments, like tiny and laborious ants. David Tool, a professor in the Beijing International Studies University, said its very interesting to combine Chinese with Engl
10、ish to create new words. Sergey Dmitriev, a senior student from Russia studying at Liaoning University, believed the words are a way to learn more about Chinese society. In Russia, similar words were created, as well, he said, adding that creation of new words showed greater influence and more of an
11、 opening of China to the world. Netizens also created Chinese words and expressions. Take Suan Ni Hen for example. This three-character expression originally meant you win. However, as the first character carried the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, netizens used it to satirize the soaring g
12、arlic and food prices this winter. Some of these words and expressions were even used in serious media reports. On November, Peoples Daily carried a front-page news story with the headline Jiangsu geilivable cultural province. Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of
13、the Communist Party of China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural response of young people to social issues. Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens the distances between people, he said.(分数:2.00)_3.A new survey shows that social networks have become a hotbed of offensive words and
14、 name calling. Is social networking making us rude? The following are opinions about this issue. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the opinions; 2. give your comment. Mario Canseco (vice-president, public affairs
15、at Insights West) Technology was blamed by more than 80 percent of people surveyed by Insights West as the cause of our growing incivility, making it the No. 2 reason that people think we are becoming less civil to each other. When we didnt have this type of technology, we seemed to get along much b
16、etter. We were probably saying good morning to the guy at the coffee shop. Instead were hidden behind our cellphones and other gadgets, tweeting, posting, texting and SnapChatting with our virtual friends while ignoring the world around us. Or worseletting the door slam in their face.Dr. Joti Samra
17、(adjunct professor in psychology at Simon Fraser University) When were not face-to-face, there is much lost in our interactions. The predominant component of our communication is non-verbal. It could be the tone of our voice, body posture, or other signals that can only be picked up when we are talk
18、ing, not texting, tweeting or interacting online. Added to that is the speed and brevity of texts and online posts. In the Twitter age we are communicating a message in 140 characters. We are losing the art of conversation, were learning to communicate in very short sound bites. All of these factors
19、 can contribute to incivility and disrespect.Erinne Paisley (16, user of several social softwares) When youre on social media youre not saying something to a persons face, so its a lot easier to be rude. I dont think we can blame social media for peoples rudeness. Its not like those thoughts are cre
20、ated from social media but they are voiced through social media, which gives an easier platform to voice those thoughts.Peter Chow-White (communication professor from Simon Fraser University) Social media just give us a forum to show our true colours. I bet people who are jerks online are jerks in r
21、eal life. It says more about the personality than it does about the communication itself. Rather than being separate from the way people behave in real life, online behaviour only reflects attitudes that are now more hidden. But social media give more avenues for people to express meanness, absolute
22、ly. Peoples perception that technology and social media are eroding our civility also reflects the fact that the technological changes are still fairly new to us.Naima Salemohamed (a student at the University of Victoria) When it comes to our obsession with technology, behaviours that once might hav
23、e been considered rude are now the norm. If you are sitting in a class at university and texting or using your phone, nobody is going to say anything to you, it has just become the norm. We are so attached to technologyI dont think its us being rude, its just how the culture has become.(分数:2.00)_4.I
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