Question

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 worse,the way we write and use language,say some communication researchers. 1       These are a few of the recently recognized features of email,say experts,which should cause individual and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

Naomi Baron,a professor of linguistics at American University says , " 2       " She also says the poor spelling,grammar,punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write.

Baron argues that we shouldn't forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in emails. The professor says , "   3       ”

Others say that despite its poor prose (文字) ，email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn't: It has made writing fashionable again.

"4       " says Lancashire,a University of Toronto professor of English. "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 because of email's close 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 themselves often gets people into trouble. "Almost every day I get emails that are apologies of previous emails,”he reports. In the US,the number of emails sent in a day exceeds the number of letters mailed in a year. 5      

   A. Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits.

   B. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

   C. Email is often used to send messages,pictures to their beloved ones.

   D. It is also changing the way we interact and build relationship.

   E. The more we use email and its tasteless writing,the more it becomes the normal way of writing.

   F. Email will replace letters in the near future.

   G. Email is a critical new communication technology.

1.       2.                  3.                  4.          5.       

Answer 1

:文章主要介绍风靡于现代的电子邮件对人们的日常生活，尤其是对英语书信产生的影响。

1. D考查递进关系。上一句强调了电子邮件正在改变我们书写和使用语言的方式，中心词是"changing" ，D选项中"It is also changing"形成了递进_Q故答案为D.

2. A考查总分关系。从下文的"reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write"可以看出电子邮件已经导致人们很多错误的语言用法。故答案为A。

3. E考查因果关系。上文说专家认为我们不应该宽恕并忽略那些电子邮件中出现的错误，这是因为"我们越多使用电子邮件及其错误用法，就越会觉得这种写法习以为常。"故答案为Eo

4. G考查总分关系。从下文的"It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing "可以看出写电子邮件是一种新的交流技术。故答案为G。

5. B考查转折关系。虽然发电子邮件在当今社会如此盛行，但人们越来越多地认识到其问题。本段前面的内容证明了这个观点。