Question

Personal computers and the Internet give people a  new choice 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 funny—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 will get tired of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends who 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 to 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 eliminate(排除) any of the old ways.

1. The purpose of this 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 merit (价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D. introduce basic knowledge about 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 the office on weekends

D. work at a speed comfortable to him

3. According to the writer, E-mail has an advantage(优势) over the telephone because it can__________.

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

D. get in touch with one’s friends faster

4. The best title for this passage is__________.

A. Computers: New Technological Advances

B. Internet: a New Tool to Keep Friendship

C. Computers: Machines to Make Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

 

Answer 1

答案：C;B;A;D
提示：

1 本文的目的在于说明因特网的价值，故本题选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. 可知本题选B 3 The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends可知本题选A 4 本题为文章确定一个题目，D项最合适，故本题选D