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PAGE 9 Passage One If youve been joining in chat room conversations, or reading email with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English. Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are talking on-line: many of them are talking at the same time.It is fast: trying talking to six people once. It is convenient: three or four words per exchange. 6, When people are on-line, they talk by ______.C. making phone calls 7. The Internet makes many people in the world ______ A. talking at the same time 8. The sentence There’s neither time nor space for explanations means that C. People on-line have to express themselves in a simple way 9, If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it meansB. you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong 10, Which of the following is a way to save on-line time?B. Many people draw pictures. Passage Two Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as they feel like drinking.The report says most healthy people meet their daily needs for liquid by letting thirst be their guide. 11, According to the passage, experts advise people to _______B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking 12, Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinking C when they are thirsty 13, The Institute of Medicine usually C provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public 14, Which of the following is TRUE?A People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. 15, People need to drink more water D all of the above Passage One Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-grade students. Each one is carrying a small basket with a single egg inside. So