He sent me an e-mail,       to get further information.

We’re all connected. You can send 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 seven 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(随意地，随机地) chosen people. Each participant started by sending one e-mail to someone they knew. Those who received it could then forward the e-mail once to someone they knew, and so on.
Subjects, who were randomly assigned by researchers 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 because 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. Based on the lengths of the failed chains, the researchers figured out that two strangers could generally make contact in five to seven e-mails.
The most successful chains relied on casual acquaintances rather than close friends. That’s because your close friends know each other while 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 close 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?

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   假设你是李华，这则广告引起了你的兴趣，请用英文写一封自荐信。要求如下：

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根据招聘要求自我介绍；

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注意：1. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2.词数100左右。

Dear sir,

I’m Li Hua from Fujian.

I am looking forward to your early reply.

                                                       Sincerely yours,

                                                           Li Hua

European Work Experience Programme

European Work Experience Programme (E.W.E.P.) is an independent British organization which began in 1991 in the city of London. E.W.E.P. provides the opportunity for students from the 25 countries of the European Union and nationals（公民）from Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein to live in England, to gain work experience, to practise their English and to get a better insight into the British social and cultural life.

To apply you must fulfil（符合）the following requirements:

Preferred age: 18 to 28 years’ old

Be able to work in the UK for a period of at least two months.

Must have a good knowledge of English.

Due to work permit restrictions（限制）, European Work Experience Programme Ltd (E.W.E.P) will only select you if you are a European Union Member or national from Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

European Work Experience Programme Ltd will find you a suitable job and an accommodation. A representative of E.W.E.P. will be available during your stay to help you and you will get a 24 hours help line service during your stay. The TOTAL fee（费用）for our services is ?? 264.63 (394.35 Euros).

Should you require any further information, please contact us:

European Work Experience Programme Ltd

Unit 1, Red Lion Court, Alexandra Road

Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 1JS

United Kingdom

Tel: 44 208 572 2993  

Fax: 44 208 572 1114

E-mail: sales@ewep.com

What’s the purpose of writing the text?

A. To introduce a new programme in England

B. To attract more students to work in England

C. To describe the working conditions in England

D. To make clear the requirements for students working in England

Which of the followings is not the purpose of the progamme？

A. to get a lot of work experience

B. to improve their English rapidly

C. to have better understanding of the British culture

D. to make more money in Britain

If you apply for the programme, you __________. 

A. must be 18 to 26 years’ old

B. be able to speak at least three languages

C. must be nationals from the countries mentioned in the text

D. should have some working experience in a foreign country

You can get in touch with E. W. E. P. Ltd by the following ways EXCEPT by_____.

A. making a telephone call                        B. sending the organization a fax

C. writing an e-mail to the organization             D. going there in person by air 

Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?

A. European Work Experience Programme was set up about twenty years ago.

B. You’ll work in the UK for at least two months if you attend the programme.

C. You can get a 24 hours help from a representative during your stay.

D. You don’t have to hand in 394.35 Euros after you have got a job in Britain.

Great changes have been taken place in the way people communicate with each other. In the past people write letters to share informations and later they talked with each other in the telephone. Now more and more people use our own mobile phones to communicating. And instead writing on the paper, they e-mail to each other on the computer. As a result, people find that quicker and easier to communicate, and at the same time some people feel that they become poorer in writing. They worry about whether people can be as closely as before