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【題目】People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.

The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”

Generally the information was not extremely personal. It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences.

Dr Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves. And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However, this style of talking is not entirely new. “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.”

Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company. “ If you don’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”

【1】The subject discussed in this passage is _______.

A.how people open up when emailingB.how people do research studies

C.how to communicate at workD.how to discuss and solve a problem

【2】The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that _______.

A.they didn’t talk about very personal thingsB.they couldn’t see each other

C.the cameras on the computers were turned onD.they had to discuss a question

【3】What does the underlined sentence refer to?

A.The telegraph.B.The computer.C.Emailing.D.Face-to-face talk.

【4】In the writer’s opinion, one should ______.

A.focus on oneself when emailingB.talk more freely in emails than usual

C.discuss any subject that one wants toD.consider how one uses email at work

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。人們在使用電子郵件時，更多表達自己想要表達的，很少隱藏自己的私人信息，對此短文分析了電子郵件使用者能這么做的理由。

【1】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，人們在使用電子郵件時，更多表達自己想要表達的，很少隱藏自己的私人信息，對此短文分析了電子郵件使用者能這么做的理由。所以短文主要是人們在發(fā)郵件時如何敞開心扉。故選A項。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.可知，當他們在網(wǎng)上交談時，他們告訴搭檔關(guān)于自己的信息是面對面交談時的四倍。當電腦上安裝了攝像頭，學生們可以看到彼此，這就限制了談話的個人方面。所以一些搭檔暢所欲言的原因是他們看不見對方。故選B項。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段So emailing has become the modern way of talking.和people ended up speaking more freely.”可知，所以電子郵件已經(jīng)成為現(xiàn)代的談話方式。人們說話也更自由了。所以通過上下文語境可以判斷出，劃線詞指的是“電子郵件”。故選C項。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company. “ If you don’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”可知，約翰遜博士認為，發(fā)電子郵件的人需要了解電子郵件的這些影響，尤其是當他們開始在一家公司工作的時候�！叭绻�你不知道，你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己說了更多關(guān)于自己的話，比你想說的還要多。由此判斷出，在作者看來，一個人應該考慮一下如何在工作中使用電子郵件。故選D項。