It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servant to it. E-mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new tool. The average business person is getting about 80 e-mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messages in their “Inbox” are of little or no value. So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Erasing E-mail”.
1.Get off the lists. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lot of unwanted e-mails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusion in unwanted lists.
2.“Unlisted address”. Just as you keep an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only with those whom you want to have direct access to, you might want to get a separate e-mail address only for the important communications you wish to receive.
3.Check it once or twice per day. Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server, monitoring incoming email continuously. Maybe this is because e-mail creates its own sense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them a couple of times per day.
4.Deal with it. As you open each e-mail, do one of the following:
a. If it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.
b. If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.
c. If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your Day Planner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.
I personally receive about 250 e-mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above, I can handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not being controlled by it to make sure I’m doing more important tasks in my day.
1.For the important communications, the writer suggests that you ________.
A. have a direct access for them
B. have several e-mail servers for them
C. get a separate e-mail address for them
D. get an unlisted phone number for them
2.To avoid being chained by the coming e-mails, what you can do is to ________.
A. respond urgent ones only
B. reply to all of them at the same time
C. handle them a couple of times daily
D. keep replying to e-mails all day long
3.To deal with an e-mail you get, you can do the following EXCEPT ________.
A. responding right away if it’s urgent
B. downloading every e-mail before you reply
C. scheduling it for later reply if it takes much time
D. asking someone else to reply to it if it’s not at your convenience
书面表达
9月15日，超强台风“莫兰蒂”(Meranti)袭击厦门，造成巨大的损失。解放军战士及时实施救援。假设你是来自厦门的李华，请你用英语给解放军写一封感谢信。信的内容要点如下：
1. 台风袭击；
2. 解放军救援情况；
3. 表达谢意。
注意：1、词数100左右。
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear officers,
I am writing to ______________________________________________________________
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Best wishes,
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Private cars play a very important part in people’s life. They bring people convenience, joy or a new lifestyle. However, there are also problems to private cars. Firstly, with the rapidly increase of private cars, parking became a big headache. Another problem is the traffic. We often hear news of traffic jams, which accounts for many serious accidents. The worst thing is how the poisonous gases they give off polluting the air and do great harm to people’s healthy. I think we should use cars only when is necessary. For an example, instead of driving, we can walk, ride bicycles or take the bus to work.
根据课文背诵内容填空，使句意完整。
1.Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and ______________ each other and never ______________.
2.When a beauty ______________ in lovely clothing reads poems ______________ the poet, everyone ______________.
3.In order not to let Yong Hui ______________ telling lies, Wang Peng ______________ Yong Hui despite her glare.
4.You ______________ the two menus and provide a ______________.
根据下列句子从方框内选择词组，并用其适当形式填入空白处。（有两个选项为多余项。）
1.He ____________________ finance at university and is now working in bank.
2._______________________, English is similar to computer. Both are only tools.
3.Young people choose not to work in Beijing ________________ high housing prices.
4.Finally his efforts __________________ and he was admitted into a prestigious university.
5.Some people are driving too fast without _______________________ the danger of speeding.
6.When I said someone was not making efforts, I was not _____________________ you.
根据所给中文或句意填出正确的单词。注意：将答案转移到答题卷时，请写出完整的单词。
1.Our school is e__________ with modern facilities.
2.I was totally c__________, not knowing what to do.
3.All the students p__________ at the lecture were deeply touched by his success story.
4.With the Internet, we have easy a__________ to almost any information we need.
5.The power f__________ caused by Typhoon Meranti brought great inconvenience to people’s life.
6.He is intelligent and likes __________(挑战性) tasks.
7.The students must wear school __________(制服) from Monday to Friday.
8.Without knowledge, it’s not easy to survive in such a highly __________(竞争) society.
9.With winter __________(到来), leaves of trees turn yellow and begin to fall.
10.You have to weigh your strengths and weaknesses before __________(申请) for the position.
