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s C. has not been used any more D. is still used as much as bobby 48. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Visitors to England think the British policemen are wonderful. B. The British policemen often tell jokes to the visitors. C. Visitors thank the British policemen for their much help. D. The British policemen tell the visitors the view of their country. 49. If you want to know the time, ask a policeman. This means A. the British policeman likes to tell the time to the visitors B. most people'

s watches don'

t go well C. the British policeman knows the time correctly D. the policemen are very friendly and helpful 50. From the whole passage, we know that A. the British policemen spend a lot of time directing the visitors to London B. the British policemen'

s nicknames may always be wonderful C. the British policemen can'

t find any time to do anything else but help the visitors D. the British policemen'

s nicknames have died out C Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it 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 h8=hate, etc.).You can also keep away from using punctuation(标点).Here is an example: Do U wnt

2 g

2 th cnma tnite(Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?) What do you think these text messages mean? Whr hv U bn? I v bn wtng hrs fr a cll Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. She'

s hvng a prty on Strdy. Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols(符号)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 u call me? I'

m so sad .:.) Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them? :.)laughing :.(sad :.........