Question

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[1]E-mail may be the most important, unique method for communicating and developing relationships since the telephone．First of all, ____________．Anyone who can use a word processor can also write an e-mail message without difficulty．Secondly, it saves time and money．It costs nothing more than your time．No paper expense, no postage and no envelope expense．People also find it familiar and safe because it is similar in many respects to writing letters but avoids the annoyances of addressing envelopes, licking stamps, and trips to the mailbox．

[2] Of all the methods for developing relationships on the Internet, e-mail is the most common and perhaps the most powerful．Although friendships and romances may indeed begin in chat rooms, instant messages, blogs, or other online tools improve greatly by becoming more effectively visual and auditory（听觉的）, as in video teleconferencing, e-mail will not disappear．Many people will prefer it because it is a non-visual and non-auditory form of communication．After all, we don’t see people rushing out to buy video equipment to add it to their telephone．

[3] E-mail is not just an electronic mail sent via the Internet．It creates a psychological space in which pairs of people or groups of people communicate with each other．It creates a situation in which human relationships can be unfolded．

1.What is the main idea of the text? （no more than 12 words）

2.Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 2．（no more than 4 words ）After people begin their relationship in chat room, e-mail plays the role of being a way to       

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words．（no more than 6 words ）

4.What situation can the E-mail create? （no more than 9 words ）

5.What does the underlined word “ it ”  （Paragraph 2） probably refer to ? （no more than 3 words ）

Answer

1.E-mail is an important, unique method for communicating and developing relationships．/ E-mail and its function.

2.deepen the communication。

3.it is easy to use。

4.A situation in which human relationships can unfold.

5.Video equipment.

【解析】

试题分析:本文讲述了电子邮件在人们生活中的重要作用以及它的优点。比如，任何会文字编辑的人都能毫不费力的使用邮件传递信息；除了费点时间外，电子邮件也给人们节省钱；此外电子邮件也不会透露个人住址等信息，安全性比较高。

1.E-mail is an important, unique method for communicating and developing relationships．/ E-mail and its function.。信息归纳题。文章第一段介绍了电子邮件的优点，在第二段介绍了它和其他通讯方式的差异，故全文主要介绍电子邮件及其功能，故文章中心是E-mail is an important, unique method for communicating and developing relationships．/ E-mail and its function。

2.deepen the communication。信息归纳题。文章第二段主要介绍了电子邮件在人们加深彼此的了解方面所起的作用，由此判断答案填deepen the communication。

3.it is easy to use。信息归纳题。根据下文内容可知此处列举电子邮件的好处之一是人们使用起来很方便，故答案填it is easy to use。

4.A situation in which human relationships can unfold。信息查找题。根据文章末段可知答案填It creates a situation in which human relationships can be unfolded．

5.Video equipment.。 信息推断题。根据上文内容Although friendships and romances may indeed begin in chat rooms,…..visual and auditory（听觉的）, as in video teleconferencing,可以判断it 指代上文出现的视听等设备，故答案填Video equipment。

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