From the emails, we know that______.A.Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schoolsB.Joe h
From the emails, we know that______.
A.Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schools
B.Joe has said sorry to Rena many times
C.Rena hasn't forgiven Joe yet
From the emails, we know that______.
A.Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schools
B.Joe has said sorry to Rena many times
C.Rena hasn't forgiven Joe yet
第1题
When we stay with friends, it is polite to__________
[A] check emails
[B] chat with friends carefully
[C] send text messages
[D] make telephone calls
第2题
Some analysts suggest that in recent years many people are less patient because of technology.They suggest that “digital technology, from cellphones to emails to Wads, is changing our lives.The instant results we get from this technology have in turn increased our desire for instant satisfaction in other aspects of our lives.”
Psychologist Jennifer Hartstein makes some observations.She explains that “we have become an immediate satisfaction culture, and we expect things to move quickly, efficiently and in the way we want.When that doesn't happen, we tend to become increasingly frustrated and unsatisfied.”
Some believe that e-mail is losing popularity and could soon become outdated.Why? Because many people who send messages do not have the patience to wait hours, or even minutes, for a response.Also, with e-mails, as with letter writing, introductory and concluding greetings are often expected.But many people consider such formalities(客套)to be boring and time-consuming.They prefer instant messaging.Many people do not take the time to proofread what they put in writing.As a result, letters and e-mails contain numerous grammatical and spelling errors.
The thirst for immediate results is not limited to the digital communications.People seem to be losing their ability to wait in other areas of life.For instance, do you ever find yourself talking too fast, eating too fast, driving too fast, or spending money too fast? The few moments it takes to wait for an elevator to come, for a traffic light to change, or for a computer to start may seem like too long a time.
16.According to the first paragraph, people ______.
A.were more patient in the past
B.have been patient for a long time
C.used to be patient while stuck in traffic
D.used to be patient while waiting in line
17.Nowadays people lose their patience because().
A.their desire for satisfaction has increased
B.they are bored with what they have
C.they have more things to do than before
D.their life has been changed by technology
18.Some believe that e-mail could soon become outdated because ______.
A.it takes a long time to start the computer
B.people value formalities between friends
C.people can hardly wait for a response
D.cellphones are more popular nowadays
19.The pursuit of instant results causes people to ______ .
A.become more impolite
B.have more errors in their writings
C.use voice messages instead of emails
D.lose many of their abilities in life
20.The best title for the passage might be “______”.
A.What Are the Problems Caused by Impatience
B.Are We Less Patient Today
C.What Happened to Technology
D.Has Digital Technology Changed Our Lives
第3题
When we stay with friends, it is polite to
A.check emails
B.chat with friends carefully
C.send text messages
D.make telephone calls
第4题
【C1】
A.afar
B.far
C.distantly
D.remotely
第5题
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
B.more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees
C.suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes
D.email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company
第6题
It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A) honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
B) more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees
C) suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes
D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company
第7题
听力原文:W: We should write emails to our friends who live outside the country.
M: Sounds like a great idea. I need to cut down on my phone bill.
Q: What does the man mean?
(14)
A.He needs to make phone calls to his friends.
B.His phone was disconnected outside the country.
C.Using the email will decrease his telephone expenses.
D.His friends would rather hear his sound on the phone.
第8题
A.Overfishing results from extensive use of new technologies.
B.Many people in my place support stricter regulation on fishing.
C.I think that you failed to point out the real reason for overfishing.
D.We are in a very weak position to compete with other countdes in fishing.
E.Sooner or later,we will feel regretful about out current fishing practice.
F.I didn’t know there were such damaging ways of fishing around the world.
G.I wonder if those fishermen have ever considered the consequences of exhausting ocean resources.
第9题
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.(本题共20分,每题2分)
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has fund that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to haunt (困扰) you—appears to be the key to the finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment (非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form. of communication.
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.
People are also more likely to lie in real time—in a instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous (脱口而出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. Hancock’s study focuses on ________.
A) the consequences of lying in various communications media
B) the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas
C) people are less likely to lie in instant messages
D) people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media
第10题
E-tiquette!
Emails - do you love them or hate them? Whatever you feel, they are here to stay.Here are some tips and ideas 1 improving your email writing.
First, starting with a greeting and ending with a closure may seem old-fashioned, but it avoids 2 people by appearing rude.It needn’t be Dear Sir or Madam, and Yours faithfully, but just say Hi or Hello or Dear (and a first name), then close 3 Regards (for more formal contacts) and Cheers or Bye for friends.In offices and with people you know well and email frequently, you can just begin 4 their first name.
Getting emails that are not directly relevant 5 you is very irritating.Having wide mailing group lists doesn’t necessarily keep people 6.It is estimated 7 40% of all emails are deleted immediately because they have an irrelevant or frivolous subject-line.Try to organise your mailing groups accurately and keep 8 your mailing lists regularly.If you don’t do this, your messages may not 9 to the people you want to send them to because they delete them automatically without reading them.If your contact 10 irrelevant emails from you, they may also delete any relevant ones automatically…
1.A.to
B.for
C.with
D.at
2.A.upset
B.to upset
C.upsetted
D.upsetting
3.A.with
B.for
C.to
D.-
4.A.for
B.to
C.with
D.–
5.A.with
B.to
C.for
D.on
6.A.informed
B.to inform
C.informing
D.to be informed
7.A.which
B.what
C.that
D.why
8.A.to update
B.updating
C.updated
D.to be updating
9.A.get by
B.get over
C.get through
D.get out
10.A.is used to deleting
B.used to deleting
C.get used to delete
D.used to delete