Question

Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.

Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.

E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun, see a great movie perhaps-and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address (=tell) it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.

E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.

We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.

1.We can infer that passage is to ________.

A. explain how to use the Internet

B. describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C. tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

2.The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A. spend less time working

B. have more free time with his child

C. work at home on weekends

D. work at a speed comfortable to him

3.According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the former helps one ________.

A. reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B. keep one’s communication as personal as possible

C. pass on much more information than the latter

D. get in touch with one’s friends faster than the latter

4.The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Computer: New Technological Advances

B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C. Computers Have Made Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过作者的使用电子邮件的经历来阐释了科技给人们在生活沟通方面带来的方便。

1.概述全文。答案在第一段， but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about.该句用but表转着，故侧重but后的内容，也就是科技让我们与在乎关心的人和物理的更近，也就是科计的优点。故选C。

2.This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool. 如果E-mail在作者女儿出生前就成为使用工具的话，那么作者就有可能与他女儿相处的更多了。故选B。

3.推理判断题。They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience. 根据前文用电话与朋友交流，一个有趣的是说多了就觉得累了，而用电子邮件就可以只说一遍，并且可以在双方都很方便的时候看并回复。故选A。

4.推理判断题。从全文来看，文章通过电子邮件来阐诉科技对人们沟通的好处。在第一段明确的说出科技度沟通的好处。B，C太片面。故选D。

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