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Section C Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A). B). C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. Texting has long been bemoaned between texters, easing tension and creating a sense of equality. Instead of having a literal meaning, it does something - conveying an attitude just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than meaning anything. LOL. of all things, is grammar. Of course no one thinks about that consciously. But then most of communication operates without being noticed. Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not，blessed. Civilization, then，is fine 一 people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is ruining composition skills. Worldwide people speak differently from the way they write, and texting -quick, casual and only intended to be read once is actually a way of talking with your fingers. 56. What do critics say about texting? | 
