单选题
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the
passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A,
B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the
word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across square brackets on your
Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.{{/I}}
Electronic communication, due to its speed and broadcasting ability, is
fundamentally different from Paper-based communication such as letters and
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time capability is{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}fast, e-mail is
more "conversational" than traditional methods of communication.
In a paper document, it is absolutely{{U}} {{U}} 3
{{/U}} {{/U}}to make everything completely clear and unambiguous because your
audience may not have a chance to ask for{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}}
{{/U}}. With e-mail， however, your recipient can ask questions immediately.
E-mail, therefore like conversational speech, tends to be much informal and more
ambiguous. This is not always bad. It might not be
a{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}expenditure, of energy to slave at a
message, making sure that your spelling is{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
{{/U}}, your words eloquent, and that your grammar and punctuation are beyond
reproach, if the point of the message is simply to inform the recipient that
your are ready to go to lunch. {{U}} {{U}} 7
{{/U}} {{/U}}, you should put some effort into ensuring that your subjects
agree with your veils, words are spelled correctly to avoid the mixing of
metaphors, and so on. Because of the{{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}of vocal variation, gestures, and a shared environment,
e-mail is not so{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}a communication
method as a face-to-face or even a telephone conversation. Your recipient may
have difficulty{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}if you are being
serious or joking, frustrated or euphoric. Thus, your e-mail compositions should
be different from both your speech and paper compositions.
【答案解析】[解析] 参见上面的译文可知：万一出现歧义，对方没有机会请你当面澄清。因此，选clarification。exposition意为“暴露；展览会；解释”，如：give a full exposition of his political beliefs. 全面阐述他的政治信仰；elimination意为“去除；排除”，如：natural elimination自然淘汰；verification意为“核实；核查；对真理或权力的确认”，如：the verification of the witness's statement．查证证人的陈述。
单选题
A. worthy
B. worth
C. worthwhile
D. worthless
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 译文：如果短信的主要目的只是告知收信人你己准备好去吃午饭，那也许不值得你绞尽脑汁去炮制一封短信，以确保拼写准确无误，语法和标点符号无懈可击。在四个形容词选择中，从意义上和搭配上适合修饰expenditure的应为worthwhile，因为worthless意思不合上下文，worthy意为“可敬的；有价值的；该得到的”， 如：worthy of acclaim值得受人尊敬的；a worthy fellow可敬可佩的人，worth只作表语。
单选题
A. inaccurate
B. faultless
C. sharp
D. sophisticated
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 参考上面的译文可知此处说：保证拼写没有错误，因此应选B。
单选题
A. Guaranteed
B. Provided
C. Given
D. Granted
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 此句说：虽然如此，但你还是应该把一定的注意力放在确保主谓一致、词的正确拼写以及避免含糊不清的隐喻等方面上。granted放在句首，意为“是的，但是……(yes，but)”，如：We have been very successful this year．—Granted．But can we do it again next year?今年我们非常成功。——是的，但明年还能这么成功吗?其他三项没有类似用法。