20.People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using e-mail.Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.
The team of researchers asked 83pairs 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 (安裝) 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 e-mailing encourages people to focus on(專注于)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 e-mailing 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 e-mailing,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."
33.The subject discussed in this passage isA.
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
34.The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is thatB.
A.they didn't talk about very personal things
B.they couldn't see each other
C.the cameras on the computers were turned on
D.they had to discuss a question
35.In the writer's opinion,one shouldD.
A.focus on oneself when e-mailing
B.talk more freely in e-mails than usual
C.discuss any subject that one wants to
D.consider how one uses e-mail at work.
分析 本文介紹了電子郵件為人們的日常交流提供了一個廣闊而又隱秘的平臺,由于人們彼此之間見不到對方,因而更容易敞開心扉,坦誠地交流.
解答 33.A;主旨大意題.本文是一篇研究報道,第一段是文章的中心段,根據(jù)本段第一句話"People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using e-mail"(在使用電子郵件時,人們傾向于變得更個人化,更少地隱藏自己)再結(jié)合下文可判斷文章的中心話題是人們在使用電子郵件時是如何開誠布公地交流的.故選A.
34.B;推理判斷題.結(jié)合第二段最后兩句"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 (安裝) cameras so that students could see each other,this limited the personal side of the conversation."(當他們在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上交談的時候,他們對他們的伴侶說了四倍的時間,就像他們面對面交談一樣.當電腦安裝了攝像頭,讓學生們可以看到對方時,這就限制了談話的個人方面.)以及第四段前半部分中的內(nèi)容可推斷一些人敞開心扉的原因是他們彼此之間看不到對方.故選B.
35.D;推理判斷題.最后一段提到在公司工作時要考慮到使用電子郵件的影響,假如不知道此事,就可能說出不該說的話,由此可推斷D項正確.故選D.
點評 本文考察學生的理解推斷能力以及細心程度,只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞,采用尋讀的方法查找細節(jié),就能找到正確答案.