People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email．Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this．
The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem．They had to discuss this question：If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be?The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers．Dr．Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face．When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation．”
Generally the information was not extremely personal．It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live．But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences．
Dr．Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves．And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras．“If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself．This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you．So emailing has become the modern way of talking．” said Dr．Johnson．However, this style of talking is not entirely new．“In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph' to communicate．Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely．”
Dr．Johnson thinks that e-mailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company．“If you don't know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to．”
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The subject discussed in this passage is ________．
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A．
how people open up when emailing
B．
how people do research studies
C．
how to communicate at work
D．
how to discuss and solve a problem
(2)
The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that ________．
More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert．One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men．He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son．The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed．When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master．He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest．Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head．
"What have you done?" the Prince said．He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son．The cradle was lying on its side on the floor．The clothes were torn and there was blood on them．
"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily．"You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog．Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark．Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog．
The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt．Near him was a dead wolf．Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf．
The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late．Gelert was dead．The Prince was very sad indeed．Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend．The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there．After this, the Prince never smiled again．Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes．
If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried．There is a sign by his grave．It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog．
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Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________．
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Scotland
B．
England
C．
Ireland
D．
Wales
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The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving．
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A．
watch the door
B．
take care of his baby at home
C．
welcome his friends
D．
stop the strangers
(3)
The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting．
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