Online Communication

In an age when technology moves faster than most can keep up with, a small group of people still remain in the time of old-fashioned letter. Frankly speaking, I was once certain that traditional letters could never be replaced by other means of communication.

But a story about online communication changed my mind.

An old man, who suffered a lot from Parkinson’s disease, was not able to talk clearly and could hardly write his name. Living totally alone, he managed to keep in touch with nearly all the members of his family. How did he achieve this? He clicked out words on his computer keyboard.

I, therefore, managed to get an E-mail box as soon as the opportunity came. My life changed. E-mail, and all online communication, is something truly different. It has capabilities（能力） that few other products can match.

E-mail is convenient. It takes less time with its fast speed and 24-hour connection. The slow postal service is no match. If you wouldn’t want to have a face-to-face talk with your manager, you might talk with him through E-mail even if you are in the same office.

Naming all the good things about online communication is not easy. But wait. E-mail can be inconvenient. It can waste time and energy. Just think what may happen when you take a short vacation and return to find your e-mail box filled with 200 unread messages. You could easily spend half a day clearing junk ads.

Then, online communication will keep us staying at our computer while it connects us to distant strangers. Once we throw ourselves into the machine, we may forget the human touches we once held so dear. I’m sure there is and always will be a place for the old-fashioned letter, phone call, and face-to-face meeting… even in the world of modern communication.

As I listen to the sound of the modem(调制解调器), I was excited at stepping out to the outside world but, at the same time, I sensed a loss of control over something valuable in my personal life.

1.What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word “junk” in paragraph6?

A. old and useless   B. New and useful   C. Short but valuable     D. Long but clear

2.What does the writer think of online communication?

A. It should replace old-fashioned letters completely.

B. It is perfect and always does good to you.

C. It is extremely useful and convenient, but it may be inconvenient or even harmful.

D. It does more harm than good.

3.What caused the writer to become interested in E-mail and online communication?

A. The sound of the modem.           B. His own illness.

C. The changing of his life.            D. A sick old man’s experience.

4.According to the writer, traditional means of communication will never disappear because ________.

A. they are convenient and popular though they are slow

B. they help to keep the friendly relationship between people

C. most people cannot keep up with the development of technology

D. modern means of communication does too much harm

5.How did the sick old man keep in touch with his family members?

A. With the help of his computer.        B. By writing letters with his pen.

C. By making telephone calls.          D. By visiting them regularly.

 

完形填空：

　　When you are learning English, you find 1 wrong to translate a sentence work for word into your 2 language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an 3 . If you look 4 each word in the 5 , one at a time, what is your 6 ? It must be a 7 and old sentence in your native language. Languages do not only have different sounds, they are also 8 in many other ways. It is very 9 to master the rules of word 10 in the study of English, too. If the 11 puts words in a very unusual order, the listener doesn't 12 the speaker's sentence easily.

　　Another thing we must always 13 is that there are a lot of 14 in the English language. For example, when we say “Look out!” to a man who is in danger, we 15 mean “Be careful!”

　　When people are parting (分手), they often say “Good-bye!” 16 “Bye-bye !” But sometimes they 17 say “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon! ” or “ Good evening! ” 18 “Good night!” to one another 19 “Good-bye!” You will find few people 20 know that “ Goodbye!” is short for “Good bye with you!” ( Means “God be with you.” )

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完形填空：(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

When you are learning English, you find   21   wrong to translate a sentence word for word into your   22   language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an   23  . If you look   24   each word in the 25  , one at a time, what is your   26  ? It must be a   27   sentence in your native language. Languages do not only have different sounds, they are also   28  in many other ways. It is very   29  to master the rules of word   30   in the study of English, too. If the   31   puts words in a very unusual order, the listener doesn’t   32  the speaker’s sentence easily.

Another thing we must always   33  is that there are a lot of   34   in the English language. For example when we say “look out!” to a man who is in danger, we   35   mean “Be careful!”

When people are parting, they often say “Good—bye   36  ” “Bye—bye!” But sometimes they   37  say “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon!” or “Good evening!”  38  “Good night!” to one another   39  “Good—bye!” You will find few people   40  who know that “Good—bye!” is a short way of saying “God be with you!”

1.	A．it B． that C．you D．yourself

 

2.	A．second B． spoken C．native D．foreign

 

3.	A．advice B． example C．article D．answer

 

4.	A．up B． at C．after D．down upon

 

5.	A．sentence B． book C．phrase D．dictionary

 

6.	A．idea B． meaning C．answer D．translation

 

7.	A．wrong B． interesting C．puzzled D．strangely

 

8.	A．same B． different C．similar D．alike

 

9.	A．important B． easy C．simple D．hard

 

10.	A．place B． stress C．order D．formation

 

11.	A．speaker B． listener C．reader D．writer

 

12.	A．read B． repeat C．translate D．understand

 

13.	A．emember B．say C．do D．deal with

 

14.	A．letters B． words C．phrases D．idioms

 

15.	A．hardly B． nearly C．really D．clearly

 

16.	A．and B． or C．instead D．as well

 

17.	A．don’t B． must C．should D．may

 

18.	A．or B． nor C．either D．neither

 

19.	A．without B． instead of C．unless D．more than

 

20.	A．today B． tomorrow C．in future D．in the past