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As millions fight the crowds to make their way back from family reunions after the Spring Festival break, a quicker and less harrowing way to exchange New Year greetings is growing in popularity - the short message service, or SMS.

With cell phones now a major mode of communication for the country's 539 million mobile-phone subscribers, sending festival greetings via SMS is emerging (出现) as the preferred choice. The number of messages sent during this year's weeklong Spring Festival holiday hit a record 17 billion, compared with 15 billion in the same period in 2005, figures from mobile-phone operator China Mobile showed. A recent online survey by IT company Tegic Communications also showed that close to 80 percent of respondents of the survey favored sending New Year greetings via SMS.

Jia Pinrong, deputy (副的) director of the Public Relations and Public Opinion Institute of the Communication University of China, said_____________has become a fixture of the Chinese New Year, which, with a history of at least 4,000 years, is the country's most important festival for families to spend time together. Initially popular only among youngsters, sending SMS greetings is now becoming an important, fast, low-cost and convenient tool of communication for people of all ages.

Technology is also leaving its mark on Spring Festival customs in other ways. More and more youngsters are spending their Chinese New Year holiday online - where they can “light” electronic fireworks, “eat” electronic dumplings and enjoy virtual Spring Festival couplets (春联), with just a click of the mouse.

Professor Chen Jing from Nanjing University said it is natural for society to develop new Spring Festival customs adapted to modern life. “As long as the new customs represent the core values of the Spring Festival, they will add to its vitality (活力),” he said.

1.What is the best title of the passage? (Within 10 words.)

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2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Exchanging New Year greetings via SMS has grown in popularity in both old and young for its many advantages, although they were mostly preferred by young people at first.

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3.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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4.Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to make the sentence complete. (Within 10 words.)

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5.What else can you do with the modern technology to celebrate the Chinese New Year? (Within 30 words.)

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答案及解析：

1.答案：Message-mad Chinese say “Happy New Year” / New Year Greetings via SMS

解析：本篇新闻主要报道了在中国春节期间人们通过发送短信互致问候、祝贺新年

2.答案：Initially popular only among youngsters, sending SMS greetings is now becoming an important, fast, low-cost and convenient tool of communication for people of all ages

解析：所给句子意思是：虽然最初发送手机短信是年轻人的“专利”，但是因为其诸多优点，现在已经成为备受男女老少喜爱的交流方式。与本句意思一致。initially是“最初”的意思。考试说明中有initial一词，故在此未注明其汉语意思。

3.答案：来自移动电话运营商中国移动的数字表明，今年为期一周的春节假期人们发送的短信数量达到了一百七十亿条，而在2005年同期是一百五十亿条。

解析：注意句子中最后一部分“figures from mobile-phone operator China Mobile showed”在汉语中要放在句首。Figures在这儿是“数字”的意思。

4.答案：sending such greetings / exchanging New Year Greetings via SMS /sending short messages to celebrate the New Year

解析：根据文章的主题和本段主旨判断，此处讲述的仍然是使用手机发送新年祝福短信。

5.答案：（略）

解析：本题针对文章的倒数两段的内容，属于开放性试题，答案只要是区别于文中提到通过发送手机短信和网络庆祝新年的方法都可以接受。