Ifyouhearthesoundofahandsetbeeping(手机响)inabagorpocketyoucouldbeforgivenforthinkingthatsomeonehasreceivedatextmessage.Butnowadaystherearesomanydifferentwaysofmessagingsomeonethatitcouldspellthedeathofthetraditionaltextasweknowit.
Textmessagingortextingistheartofsendingashortelectronicmessagebetweentwomobilephonesortablets(平板电脑).Userspayacertainamounttosendmessagesvia(通过)SMS—shortmessageservice.Butinthelastfewyearsmessaginginthiswayhasbeenonthedecline(下降).
Theriseofsmartphonesandtabletshasseenanincreaseintheuseofinstantmessagingapps(即时通信应用程序)whichtaketheplaceoftraditionaltexts.UsingwirelessInternetconnectionspeoplecansendlimitlessnumbersofIMstotheirfriendsforverylittlecost.Unliketraditionalmobiletextstheuserusuallyonlyhastopaytodownloadtheapponceafterwhicheachmessagetheysendisfree.
Webdeveloperssoongotthemessage.Instantmessagingappshavebecomepopularallovertheworld.WhatsAppinAmericaandEuropeWeChatinChinaandKakaoTalkinSouthKoreaarebutafewwhichhaveattractedhundredsofmillionsofpeoplewhousetheappstochattotheirfriendsinrealtime.Theseappsallowpeopletosendpicturemessagesforfree—somethingwhichpreviouslywasquitecostly.
ResearchcompanyInformasaidthatalmost19billionmessagesweresentperdayusingchatappsin2012comparedwith17.6billionSMStexts.Anditexpectsthechatappmarkettogrowt050billionperdayby2014.Sodoesthisreallymeantheendforcommunicationbytext?
PamelaClark—DicksonfromInformadoesn'tthinkso.ShesaysthattherearealargenumberofpeoplewhousenormalmobilephonesparticularlyindevelopingcountrieswhoprefertheSMSmessagingtool.ThereisanawfullybigbaseofmobilephoneuserswhoarestillgoingtofindthatSMSisthebestmessagingexperienceforthemforawhile.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填人题前括号内。
1.AccordingtoParagraph3whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Instantmessagingappsarebecomingmoreandmorepopularnowadays.
B.Comparedwithinstantmessagingtraditionaltextsaremorepopularnow.
C.InstantmessagingandSMSmessagingarebothwayswecanchatwithother