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We're all connected. You can nd an e-mail message to a friend, and your friend can pass it on to one of his or her friends, and that friend can do the same, continuing the chain. Eventually, your message could reach just about anyone in the world, and it might take only five to ven e-mails for the message to get there.Scientists recently tested that idea in a study involving 24,000 people. Participants had to try to get a message forwarded to one of 18 randomly chon people. Each participant started by nding one e-mail to someone they knew. Recipients could then forward the e-mail once to someone they knew, and so on.Targets, who were randomly assigned by rearchers from Columbia University in New York, lived in 13 countries. They included an Australian police officer, a Norwegian veterinarian, and a college professor.Out of 24,000 chains, only 384 reached their goal. The rest petered out, usually becau one of the recipients was either too busy to forward the message or thought it was junk mail.The links that reached their goal made it in an average of 4.05 e-mails. bad on the lengths of the failed chains, the rearchers estimated that two strangers could generally make contact in five to ven e-mails.The most successful chains relied on casual acquaintances rather than clo friends. That's becau your clo friends know each other whereas your acquaintances tend to know people you don't know. The phenomenon, known as the strength of weak ties, explains why people tend to get jobs through people they know casually but aren't that clo to.So, start networking and instant messaging now. As they say in show business: It's all about who you know.小题1: If you want to get into touch with a stranger in the world, how many e-mails might it take for the message to reach him/her?A. 5 to 7B. 18C. 13D. 384小题2: Which of the following is Not true about the test?A. 24,000 people took part in the study and nt e-mails to people they knew.B. The 18 targets were chon by chance.C. about 98.4% of the mails didn’t reach their goal becau some people were too busy or they mistook the message for junk mail.D. The targets come from 13 countries, such as Australia, Norway and New York.小题3: What does the word “estimate” mean in the passage?A. make sureB. suppoC. think overD. imagine小题4: Why do people tend to get jobs more easily through casual acquaintances than clo friends?A. Becau clo friends don’t talk with each other so much.B. Becau casual acquaintances can help you know more people and make more friends.C. Becau clo friends don’t spend so much time gathering together.D. Becau casual acquaintances are kinder and more willing to help others.小题5:  In which part of a newspaper will readers read this passage?A. CultureB. EntertainmentC. Information and TechnologyD. Health 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题2:D小题3:B小题4:B小题5:C

解析

本文主要讲述电子邮件将人们的联系拉近。小题1: A 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知。小题2: D 细节理解题。由第二段可知，A, B, C都正确；由第三段最后一句可知，D不正确。小题3: B 词义猜测题。estimate “估计”，与B选项suppo意思最接近。小题4:  B 细节理解题。由第六段可知。小题5: C 推理判断题。因本文谈的e-mail与电脑有关，所以应与“信息和技术”相关。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“We're all connected......”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。