题目内容
Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to __________ a message is still to talk it out in person.
A. attend to B. break through C. result from D. get across
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【解析】
试题分析：句意：电子邮件虽然高效便利，但是传递信息的最好办法还是亲自把它说出来。get across意为“(使)被了解；讲清楚，让……听懂”，attend to 意为“照料，照顾；料理”，break through意为“冲破；突围”，result from意为“起因于；由……造成”。
考点：动词短语的辨析
直通贵州名校周测月考直通名校系列答案Welcome every morning with a smile. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
Starting the day right can give good momentum (动力) for the rest of the day. Having a power morning is a key factor for a fruitful day. Here are some tips on getting the most out of the morning.
Wake up early. In theory, there’s no difference in waking up early or late as long as you get the proper amount of sleep. However, there is a psychological advantage when you wake up earlier than the average person and then you’ll have more time to do preparation before engaging in the real world.
Exercise. Good health is always a benefit with exercise, but studies have also shown that morning exercise helps you to sleep better at nights.
Eat breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day. According to the Mayo Clinic, we should choose three from the following four: fruits and vegetables, grains, dairy, and protein. Did you know that you can actually gain weight when you skip breakfast?
Take a shower. When you shower, do you do it in the morning or at night? I used to shower in the evenings, but I found that morning showers helped me to be more alert.
Prioritize (优先) your To-Do list. Leo coined the acronym MIT to mean “most important tasks.” Our to-do list might be never ending, but put on top of the list a couple of urgent tasks that will define the day to be a successful one.
Check your emails. Only once. Getting a lot of emails can be very distractive. You actually are more productive when you check them only a few times at fixed time of the day. I only do them 2-3 times a day—once in the morning, once at lunch, and one more as it gets toward the end of the day.
1.The purpose for the author to write this passage is to .
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A．tell you to get up early every day |
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B．offer you the best way to start the day |
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C．give you advice about how to arrange a day |
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D．advise you to prioritize your to-do list every morning |
2.If you don’t have breakfast, you may .
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A．lose weight. |
B．be productive. |
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C．put on weight. |
D．be more alert. |
3.The underlined word “coined” in Paragraph 6 means .
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A．invented |
B．designed |
C．founded |
D．defined |
4.The author advises you to check your emails only once because .
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A．the emails are not important |
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B．reading e-mails is distractive |
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C．you can only read e-mails at fixed time |
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D．getting so many emails can distract your attention |
Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth．The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails．The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to puzzle you---appears to be the key to the finding．
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week．In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told．Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium．He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls．
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists．Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the indirect contact of emailing would make it easier to lie．Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication．
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time．People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says．This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone．
People are also more likely to lie in real time---in an instant message or phone call, say---than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock．He found many lies are spontaneous（脱口而出） responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate．For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth．But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email．
1.Hancock’s study focuses on _______．
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A．the consequences of lying in various communications media |
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B．the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas |
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C．people are less likely to lie in instant messages |
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D．people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media |
2.Hancock’s research finding surprised those who believed that _____．
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A．people are less likely to lie instant messages |
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B．people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions |
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C．people are most likely to lie in email communication |
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D．people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations |
3.According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?
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A．They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies |
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B．They believe that honesty is the best policy |
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C．They tend to be relaxed wh en using those media |
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D．They are most practised at those forms of communication |
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
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A．honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications |
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B．suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes |
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C．more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees |
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D．email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company |
Since new technologies are ever growing, employers now have the chance to monitor （监控） their employees to make them spare more time to work when they use their phones, computer terminals, emails and even when an employee is using the Internet．
Recent surveys have shown that a majority of employers monitor their employees’ activities．It was found that three fourths of employers monitored the websites their employees visited in order to prevent improper surfing．The survey further indicated that 65% of employers used software to block connections to websites considered off limits to employees．One third of employers monitored their employees’ number of keystrokes and the amount of time spent on the keyboard and lastly just over half of the employers surveyed review and kept email messages．
Most of the time, email is not considered private if the email system is used at a company, the employer owns it and is allowed to review its contents．Email messages that are sent within the company, as well as those that are sent from the employee’s terminal to another company, or from another company to the employee are subject to monitoring．If an email is deleted out of the employee’s account, that doesn’t mean that they are totally deleted．The messages are kept in memory．Emails are often backed up along with other important data from the computer system．If an employer’s email policy specifically states that messages marked as “private” will be kept confidential （机密的）,however, there may also be some exceptions to that policy （政策）．
In order to know their employer’s email policy, employees should read over the employee handbook．If the handbook doesn’t address the issue of email monitoring, they should speak with their employer about their policy for emails and privacy．Currently there are very few laws that address workplace privacy; however, there are some organizations that are working to advocate for employees so that there will be a stronger government regulation of employee monitoring activities．
1.According to the author, the employers’ monitoring ____．
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A．may be an efficient management method |
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B．should be performed secretly |
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C．has resulted from the development in computers |
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D．is quite common nowadays |
2.Employers probably think that monitoring the employees can help them ____．
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A．improve their work efficiency（有效） |
B．use computers properly |
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C．develop a way of keeping office secrets |
D．reduce their mental pressures |
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ____．
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A．employees should delete their own emails at once to keep them secret |
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B．an employer’s email policy may protect the employees’ privacy |
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C．nobody can help solve the problem of office privacy |
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D．an employee may feel troubled by being monitored in the office |
4.The underlined phrase “advocate for” in the last paragraph means “____”．
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A．tell the employees the truth |
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B．publicly support |
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C．ask the employees to be more attentive |
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D．remind the employees of the possible failure |