I am an e-mail user. When I first started to use the e-mail system I used to read all my e-mail. I didn’t have much mail. I was very excited about receiving any e-mail. I gave my friends my e-mail address. Soon I had more mail than I wanted. Some of the mail was junk mail. I was worried. I didn’t want my mail to control me.
I’ve tried some methods to help me get control of my mail. First, I check my mail at the same time every day. Also I try to allow myself only 15-20 minutes every day to process my e-mail. This doesn’t always work, but I try. Sometimes I save the messages. Sometimes I just read them, maybe answer a few, and then delete them.
Sometimes I’m not at all interested in a message, so I don’t even open it. I delete it right away. This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.
These methods are very simple. I have some friends who are very clever with computers. From time to time, they teach me new tricks for managing my e-mail. I’ve also learned to transfer some messages to a disk so they don’t fill up my mail files. Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work. I’m still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I’m still worried, however, about having too much to read.
小題1:Which is the best title for this passage?
A．How I Go through my E-mailB．How I Manage my E-mail
C．How I Transfer my E-mailD．How I Use my E-mail System
小題2:What does the writer suggest by “This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.”
A．That he deals with the mail delivered by the post service almost in the same way.
B．That he receives more postal mail than e-mail.
C．That he likes e-mail much better than the mail delivered by the post service.
D．That he likes going through the mail delivered by the post service.
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Sometimes the writer checks his mail in the morning and sometimes in the evening.
B．The writer teaches his friends how to manage their e-mail.
C．The writer always spends less than 15 minutes processing his e-mail.
D．After giving his friends his e-mail address the writer had more e-mail than he wanted.
小題4:In the first paragraph, the underlined phrase “junk mail” probably means      .
A．常規(guī)郵件B．病毒郵件C．垃圾郵件D．商務(wù)郵件
小題5:In the last paragraph, the underlined word “transfer” probably means      .
A．轉(zhuǎn)換B．改變C．傳遞D．轉(zhuǎn)移

小題1:B
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小題1:D
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A．college degrees can now be purchased easily
B．it is very hard for people to find jobs
C．lying about college degrees is becoming a widespread problem
D．employers are no longer interested in applicants’ actual performances
小題2:The underlined word “utter” in the second paragraph means “______”.
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C．a(chǎn)void direct conflicts with themD．a(chǎn)ccuse them of such behavior
小題4:We can learn from the passage that ________.
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
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小題11:
A．muchB．littleC．enoughD．a(chǎn) great deal
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A．To invite authors to guide readers.
B．To encourage people to read and share.
C．To involve people in community service.
D．To promote the friendship between cities.
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A．They had little interest in reading.
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C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse population
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B．Comfortable clothes make workers more productive.
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C．“Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.
D．Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
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Graham, Patras, Greece
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A．Laura. B．Freda. C．Daniel. D．Graham.
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A．talk aboutB．deal with C．fight forD．write to
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We also advise parents, educate the public and send doctors overseas to study new cancer treatments. Our funding (providing money) has brought better equipment to the wards (large rooms of a hospital), and paid for special flats  where the children can recover.
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