Question

  E-mail is a new way of communication for professions in every area all over the world. It is a means of "meeting" people with similar research,inter?ests or problems. E-mailers " write" letters on their computers,then send them through their telephone line to an online terminal (终端) far away. E-mail addresses,either names or numbers,allow mail to be sent to the right places.

  E-mailing is not a live conversation,but,unlike the US "snail mail", as American e-mailers call their postal service,reply can be back at once or with?in hours,depending on how often the receiver checks in his computer.

  E-mail can also create friendship and draw families closer. E-mailers sit in comfortable chairs and "chat" with the unseen friends or relatives in other parts of the country or of the world in front of the screen,feeling like meeting pals over a cup of coffee. Linda,a first-year student at Oxford University in Britain,drops a few lines to her mother in New York whenever she is near a terminal. "It's funny," says her mother. "We talk more now than when Linda lived upstairs.” Sending e-mails is far cheaper than making long-distance calls and it may revive the almost lost art of letter writing. At the time when telephone service is becoming convenient and highly effective,people make calls instead of writing letters. Now e-mail has brought people back to their grammar,vocabulary and even spelling when their fingers are dancing over the keyboard.

  E-mailing brings people together and makes the world even smaller.

5. What's e-mail?

   A. A live conversation with an expert.

   B. A means of communication.

   C. A long-distance call service.

   D. A mail delivery system.

6. Which group of people,according to the writer,are most likely to use e-mails?

   A. Experts on computer all over the world.

   B. University professors and students.

   C. Those who have similar research,interests or problems.

   D. Those families whose members live far apart from one another.

7. Which is NOT true about e-mail?

   A. It is sent through the telephone line.

   B. It is received by means of an online terminal.

   C. Names or numbers allow mail to be sent to the right places.

   D. It is sent through radio signals.

8. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

   A. The development of e-mail in the world.

   B. The advantages of e-mail.

   C. The popularity of e-mail in people's life.

   D. A comparison between e-mail and long-distance calls.

Answer 1

5. B细节理解题。由第一段第一句的"E-mail is a new way of communication for professions in every area all over the world."可知，电子邮件是一种通讯方式。

6. C细节理解题。根据第一段中的第二句可知答案为C.

7. D细节理解题。由第一段中的第三句可知D项表述与原文内容不符。

8. B主旨大意题。纵观全文可知该文主要讨论的是电子邮件的好处。故B项正确。