A. first B. gave C. while D. because E. changed The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2.5 billion every month. And most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article “in txt”, his teacher 41 him “C+ 4 f4t ” (“C+ for effort ”). Although texting ( 发短信 ) is a cheap way of staying in touch with your friends, it can also bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the 42 person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction( 沉溺 ) to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old spent about £ 4,500 on texts. For some people, text messaging has 43 their lives. For example, James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He’s the world’s fastest texter and recently set a new world record 44 he was appearing on Australian TV. He texted: “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.” It took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages—about 2,500 a month. But he doesn’t get big bills 45 he works for a large mobile phone company!