When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high-speed Internet connection. It was pretty cool.
Rache
l was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets ready to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown(小丑). The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.
Facemail faces are lifelike, and they simulate(模擬) emotions based on emotions that you put in your text. For example, type in-X, and Rachel blows a kiss.
LifeFX, the company that develops the Facemail, is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And it is talking with Whirl(惠而浦公司) about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Morn can't be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.
Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I'm a fan. But Facemail should be used with care. The clown looks lively and funny at first. But if you select the clown, put a few rude words in an e-mail and add some angry emotions, you've got a Psycho-mail(瘋?cè)诵碗娮余]件).
小題1:The pretty woman that appears on the writer's computer screen was ______.
A. a woman working on the Internet      B. his brother's girlfriend
C not a real person                    D. the picture of his pen-friend
小題2: The main advantage of Facemail is that ______.
A．you can hire a beautiful woman to read the e-mail to you
B．you can see the person who sends you the e-mail
C．yon can send an e-mail free of charge
D．e-mail can be attractive in a more lovely way
小題3:The writer mentioned Nike website and Michael Jordan to show that _______.
A．Famous people like Michael Jordan also like to use Facemail
B．Facemail can make shopping on the Internet more interesting
C．Nike website will increase its sales by Jordan
D．Michael Jordan will serve you himself on Nike website
小題4:What is the writer's attitude towards Facemail?
A．He thinks it needs further improvement.
B．He thinks it cool and funny.
C．He thinks it a danger to the Internet.
D．He thinks people should be careful with Facemail.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B

小題1: 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的介紹，Rachel是一種叫做Facemail的科技新產(chǎn)品，能以一種頗為迷人的男性、女性或丑角的形象向電子郵件的接收者發(fā)送郵件。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第一段的描述、第二段的介紹和第四段所舉的例子可以看出，用這種Facemail發(fā)送的電子郵件能夠?qū)⑵鋬?nèi)容擬人化，并帶有發(fā)送者所賦予的表情，這樣就使得閱讀郵件的過程變得很有趣(funny)、令人感覺很舒適(cool)。
小題3:推理判斷題。要求考生根據(jù)對文章的理解推斷作者的意圖。作者在此只是提出一種假設(shè)：假如你進入耐克公司的網(wǎng)站，看到邁克爾?喬丹喊著你的名字與你打招呼、接待你并親自與你進行交易的話會怎樣?當(dāng)然會令購物更有趣了。其他三個選項都是陳述事實而非假設(shè)。
小題4:推理判斷題。要求考生根據(jù)對文章的理解體會作者的言外之意。從全文看，作者對Facemail是持肯定和贊賞態(tài)度的，從第一段最后一句和上一題的選項都可得到提示。
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