5.The passages mainly shows us that .

A people should stop using email to communicate

B experts hold different opinions about email

C Americans only use email to communicate

D email makes people lose interest in English

4.A　 考查推理判断。最后一句说，在小说的饿结尾，Grogan谈到Marley给他的启迪，由此判断，Grogan是该书的作者。

B

　　 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. It is also changing the way we interact and build relationship. These are a few of recently recognized features of email, say experts, that should cause individual and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

　　　 “Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits, ”says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write.

　　　 Baron argues that we should not forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in emails. “ The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.

　　　 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.

　　　 “Email is a critical new communication technology,” says Ian 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 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 newfound freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble.“Almost everyday I get emails that apologies of previous emails,” he reports.

　　　 In the US, the number of emails sent in a day exceeds(超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

3.D　 考查推理判断。该书的介绍说，这本书探索“来生”的神秘，提醒我们，重要的是今天，由此判断该书的主题是D，了解生活的真谛。

2.C　 细节理解题。这是第二则的内容，说派来到太平洋海底，和其他动物为伍，所有动物都想活命。

1.C　 考查猜测词义。划线词的语境说，该书挑战我们的现实感，将事实与科幻blend成一个故事新世界，由此判断其含义是C，“联合，结合”。

4. Who is Grogan most probably according to the introduction?

A. The author of Marley＆Me 　　　　　　　　　 B. A friend of John and Jenny

C. An expert taming dogs.　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. The previous owner of the dog

[解题导语]本文是一则广告，介绍几本书的内容。

[答案与解析]

3. Five People You Meet in Heaven tells an old man’s experience in Heaven in order to reveal___.

A. the existence of Heave 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the mystery of death

C. human’s future life 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the true meaning of life

2. What happened to the survivors on the life boat according to the introduction?

A. Pi managed to kill those animals and finally survived

B. They worked hand in hand to get through the sea

C. They had to fight against one another in order to survive

D. Richard Parker killed other animals but was killed by Pi.

1. What does the underlined word “blending” in the first hook introduction mean_________.

A. ruin　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. break　 　　　　　　　　　 C. combine 　　　　　　　　 D. attempt

24．B　 语意理解题。本句的意思是：在欧盟，吸烟是唯一能够避免的造成死亡的最重要的原因。即：吸烟造成的死亡本来可以避免。

第九组

A

	Is a loved one missing some body parts? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimps(黑猩猩)differ in only 400 genes. And should that worry us ?Is it horrible for you thinking one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, or a person and his family may be hunted cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes? We live in a time of great scientific leaps! 　 Next challenges our sense of reality, blending fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems.
	The son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry. India. Planning a move to Canada, his family takes a ride on an enormous ship. After a shipwreck。Pi finds himself in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a hyena(鬣狗), a orangutan(猩猩), and a tiger named Richard Parker It sounds like a colorful setup. But these wild animals don’t burst into song as in the Disney cartoons. All want to survive, however Pi finds himself the weakest one of all. After much infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat’s only passengers. Pi is left to survive for 227 days through waters with his large dangerous companion, using all his knowledge, wits and faith.
	Five people you meet in heaven When a lonely and elderly man dies in an accident, he awakens in an unfamiliar place called Heaven where five people, some strangers, some loved ones, take him on a clear journey through his life. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal(揭示), and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie learns “lessons”, finds out why certain events happened in his physical life, and understands the meaning of his own life. The book explores the unexpected mysteries of the afterlife by reminding us what really matters here on earth
	Marley＆Me：life and love with the world’s worst dog Job and Jenny were just beginning their life together They brought home Marley, a yellow fur-ball of a dog Life would never be the same. Marley crashed through doors, and ate nearly everything he could get his mouth around. However, just as he refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. He shard the couple’s joy and heartbreak. He was there whenever the couple needs help Marley＆Me is so much more than the story of a lovable dog；it’s the story of a family. Toward the end of book, Grogan speaks of the life lessons-loyalty, courage, devotion, simplicity, joy-that Marley taught him.