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【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Email helps workers to communicate at any time, from any place. Email is an important tool, but it can also lead to a waste of time. How can workers make sure that email is a tool and not a time-waster? Here are some simple tips to follow. They can help you use email more efficiently (高效地) at work.

First of all, turn off the sound in your computer that tells you that you have a new email message. That “You’ve got mail!” sound is like a telephone or a doorbell. It interrupts your work. When you hear it, you will want to check your messages. And it will take you at least a few minutes to get back to work after that. Can you imagine how much time you waste because of that little sound?

Second, limit how often you check your email. Try checking it only three times a day, for example, at 9:00, 12:00 and 16:00. Also, limit the time you spend reading and answering email each time. Fifteen minutes is usually long enough.

Third, use a separate email account for work and personal life. Do not give your work address to friends or family, and do not give your personal address to people at work. If you are working on several projects at one time, use a separate email account for each one. So you can focus on the most important project.

Fourth, you won’t have to read all the email messages every time you open your email. You can look quickly at the subject lines and then decide which messages to answer right away. You can read the others later.

Finally, do not always use “reply to all” to answer email. Only send the message to people who need to read your answer. That way, you won’t fill your workmates’ inboxes with messages that they don’t need. And they won’t waste time reading them.

If you follow these simple steps, you will be a more efficient worker. Best of all, you will be able to leave the office earlier.

【1】Does email help workers to communicate at any time?

【2】How long should you spend reading and answering email each time?

【3】Why is it necessary to use a separate email account for each project?

【4】How can you decide which messages to answer right away?

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes. /Yes, it does.

【2】15 minutes.

【3】Because it can help you/us focus on the most important project.

【4】By looking quickly at the subject lines.

【5】Some tips on how to use email more efficiently at work.

【解析】试题这篇说明文主要介绍了在工作中更有效地使用电子邮件的四个小窍门。

【1】题意：电子邮件能帮助员工随时交流吗？考查细节理解题。根据第一句Email helps workers to communicate at any time, from any place.，可知是肯定回答，故填Yes. /Yes, it does.。

【2】题意：你应该花多长时间阅读和回复电子邮件？考查细节理解题。根据Also, limit the time you spend reading and answering email each time. Fifteen minutes is usually long enough.，可知十五分钟通常足够了，故填15 minutes.。

【3】题意：为什么每个项目都需要使用一个单独的电子邮件帐户？考查细节理解题。根据If you are working on several projects at one time, use a separate email account for each one. So you can focus on the most important project.，可知能够帮助自己关注最重要的项目，故填Because it can help you/us focus on the most important project.。

【4】题意：你如何决定立即回复哪些消息？考查细节理解题。根据You can look quickly at the subject lines and then decide which messages to answer right away.，可知是通过快速查看主题栏做出决定，故填By looking quickly at the subject lines.。

【5】题意：文章的主要内容是什么？考查综合归纳题。根据第一段How can workers make sure that email is a tool and not a time-waster? Here are some simple tips to follow. They can help you use email more efficiently at work.和短文内容，可知介绍的是如何在工作中更有效地使用电子邮件的一些技巧，故填Some tips on how to use email more efficiently at work.。