高中英语阅读理解专项练习含答案（八）
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Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life，but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.
Email is a form of communication that is changing，for the wor，the way we write and u language，say some communication rearchers.It is also changing the way we interact (交流) and build relationship.The are a few of the recently recognized features of email，say experts，which should cau individuals and organizations to rethink the way they u email.
“Email has incread the spread of careless writing habits，”says Naomi Baron，a professor of linguistics (语言学) at an American university.She says the poor spelling，grammar，punctuation and ntence structure of emails reflect (反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write.
Baron argues that we shouldn't forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email.“The more we u email and its tasteless writing，the more it becomes the normal way of writing.” ，the professor says.
Others say that despite its poor writing，email has finished what veral generations of English teachers couldn't：it has made writing fashionable again.
“Email is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire，a professor of English at Toronto University.“It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email.It is the purest form of written speech.”
Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen.He says this is becau of email's clos一个人的一天e similarity to speech.“It's like a circle of four or five people around a campfire，” he says.
Still，he accepts that this newfound freedom to express themlves often gets people int
o trouble.Emails nt in a day almost exceed (超过) the number of letters mailed in a year.But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了电子邮件使写信这种古老而传统的沟通方式又恢复了生机，但用电子邮件写信也带来了一些新的问题，专家们对此也有不同的看法。
1．From what Baron says in the third paragraph we can e that ．
A．careless people u email more than careful people
B．email requires people to change their native language
C．professors in universities don't need to u email
D．people communicate by email full of mistakes
D [细节理解题。根据第三段中的“She says the poor spelling，...the way we write.”可知
选D。]
2．What does the underlined word “it”(in Paragraph 4) refer to?
A．The poor writing. B．Email.
C．The good writing. D．A new technology.
A [代词指代题。根据第四段中的“The more ，the more f writing.”(我们使用电子邮件和无味的书写越多，这种书写越是能成为正常的书写。)可知，it指the poor writing。故选A。]
3．In Lancashire's opinion，email is a wonderful technology becau 普及近义词中国经典童谣．
A．it can be uful all over the world
B．it is the fastest way to communicate
刀狩令C．we can express ourlves in a free way
D．we can save a lot of paper
C [细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“this newfound freedom to express themlves”可以看出Lancashire的观点，他认为电子信件可以使人们自由地表达思想和情感，类似于口头语言。故选C。]
4．This passage mainly shows us that ．
A．people should stop using email to communicate
B．experts hold different opinions about email writing
C．Americans only u email to communicate
D．email makes people lo interest in English
B [主旨大意题。根据第一段及第五段等处可以归纳出：本文阐述了专家们对电子邮件的不同的观点。故选B。]
B
Have you ever had a troubling problem that has left you wondering where to turn for help?
党建责任
Eve Hobsbawm is a life advir.She offers advice to people struggling with all kinds of problems，from relationship difficulties to what to cook for dinner.She does this through a webs不良教育ite inviting people to email her with their problems.There's nothing unusual about that，except for the fact that Eve is only eight years old.
This junior troubleshooter，who also goes by the name “Miss Evie Mou” lives in London with her parents.Not only is Miss Mou willing to lend an ear to her clients，she will also offer them a helping hand，for a fee of cour.She charges between 10p for advice on little，everyday worries and ￡1 for more complicated problems.Her areas of expert knowledgeiphone验机，if not of experience，are problems about love，life and worklife balance.
A problem shared is a problem ，but Eve can't always help.A note on the site states that she can't answer questions like “Does space ever end？” and she won't solve schoolwork
related problems，especially not maths.
She explained to the Guardian newspaper that she was inspired to t up the company by her father who runs a tech startup.Eve said，“As soon as I saw his business and understood the kinds of things business do，I thought that's what I'm going to do.”
