When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passes on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps pe
ople all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
1.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. messages B. ideas
C. connections D. programs
2.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?
A. Companies rely on e-mail for communications.
B. More people in the world communicate by e-mail.
C. Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.
D. More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.
3.According to the author, who is the final victim of spam?
A. The business B. The advertiser
C. The employee D. The consumer
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To inform B. To educate
C. To persuade D. To instruct
Many people write to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer’s full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard, he needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.
“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is a seal of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process written complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
There are people who wish to remain anonymous（匿名的）for various reasons. M
ulti-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.
Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name. It is a matter of responsibility to use it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honour our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honour what we say.
1.What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?
A. Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.
B. Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.
C. Writers should be responsible for their names.
D. Names are required to indicate writers’ responsibility for what they say.
2.The second paragraph suggests that a paper without a signature may _______.
A. help to end a relationship B. not get a reply
C. be accepted all the same D. become a family problem
3.Some people don’t want their names known because they are ________.
A. hesitant to make a donation B. unwilling to draw public attention
C. afraid of an accusation D. ready for involvement
4.The passage is mainly about _______.
A. honour and writers B. identity and signature
C. signature and responsibility D. anonymity and signature
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Price: ￡28. 00
Publication Date: 30/11/2006
Publisher’s description
Collects Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.
Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind
Price: ￡16.00
Publication Date: 11/10/2006
Brief introduction
This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This memoir（自传）of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.
In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
Price：￡16.00
Publication Date: 02/09/2006
Brief introduction
On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe -- in her school at the foot of the burning towers -- he returned home, to meditate（反省）on the trauma（创伤）, and to work on a comic strip（连环漫画）. In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Price: ￡14.00
Publication Date: 07/10/2006
Publisher’s description
This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.
1.Who is the writer of the book latest published among the four books?
A. Arthur Conan Doyle. B. Daniel Libeskind.
C. Art Spiegelman. D. Anita Shreve.
2.If one would like to know something about the descriptions of the hijacking on 11th September,2001 , he or she may read ______.
A. Light on Snow B. In the Shadow of No Towers
C. Breaking Ground D. New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
3.Of the four books listed above, there are two referring to tragedies. They are ___.
A. Light on Snow & Breaking Ground
B. In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground
C. Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers
D. New Annotated Sherlock Holmes & In the Shadow of No Towers
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I came across a article about a doctor called lin Qiaozhi on chance. One of her books explained how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies caught my eye. Then I do some research by raising some question about her. Further reading made me to realize it was hard work and determined as well as her gentle nature which got her into medical school. And what made her succeed was her kindness and consideration. She often went lately at night to deliver a baby for a poor family. I was excited and wanted to carry her career.
More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training classes or 1. (have) family teachers at weekends. There are two different viewpoints 2.it.
Some think 3. necessary. First of all，it’s 4. (effective) to study with a teacher than by themselves. Secondly，it can strengthen 5. they have learnt in class. Besides, they can learn a lot more. Others think it 6. (necessary). For one thing，students can easily form the habit of dependence. For 7. , students need time to relax from time to time. What’s more，the purpose of many training classes and family teachers is 8. (make) money.
In my opinion，whether a training class or family teacher9. (need) just depends. Do be sure to choose a good and suitable class or teacher, 10. it would be a waste of time and money.
