单选题 Electronic communication, due to its speed and broadcasting ability, is fundamentally different from paper-based communication such as letters and memos. (51) the other person's response time capability is (52) fast, email is more "conversational" than traditional methods of communication.
In a paper document, it is absolutely (53) to make everything completely clear and unambiguous because your audience may not have a chance to ask for (54) . With email documents, however, your (55) can ask question immediately. Email, therefore like conversational speech, tends to be much informal and more ambiguous.
This is not always bad. It might not be a (56) expenditure of energy to slave (57) a message, making sure that your spelling is (58) , your words eloquent, and that your grammar and punctuation are (59) reproach, if the point of the message is simply to inform the recipient that your are ready to go to lunch.
Granted, you should put some effort into ensuring that your subjects (60) with your verbs, words are spelled correctly, avoid the mixing of metaphors, and so on.
Because of the (61) of vocal variation, gestures, and a shared environment, email is not as (62) a communication method as a face-to-face or even a telephone conversation. Your recipient may have difficulty (63) if you are being serious or joking, frustrated or euphoric. Thus, your email compositions should be different from both your speech and paper compositions.
With email, you cannot (64) anything about your correspondent's location, time, mood, marital (65) or age, This means, among other things, that you need to be very, very careful in phrasing your communications in order to prevent misunderstanding.

单选题 A. Because B. Although C. Whereas D. When
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】第一句说:电子通讯,由于其速度快、传播能力强,根本上有别于诸如信件和备忘录等的纸上公文通讯。由于通信的另一方能很快应答,故电子邮件比传统通信手段更像“对话”式的交流。从上下文的意思看,这两句话的关系是因果关系,故选A。
单选题 A. much B. too C. so D. enough
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】副词too,much,so后可接形容词,表示程度,而enough一般放在形容词后面。much一般修饰形容词的比较级,而too有“太过于”的否定意义,故此处选C。
单选题 A. urgent B. inevitable C. significant D. essential
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】在本文特定语境下,应选essential,因为此句意为:如果用纸上公文通信,绝对有必要保证每个细节都清晰,不会产生歧义,因为收信方可能没有机会请你来澄清不明白的地方。其他三个词:urgent(紧急的),inevitable(不可避免的),significant(有意义的,明显的)不合文意。
单选题 A. exposition B. elimination C. clarification D. verification
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】参见上面的译文得知: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”,elimination意为“去除;排除”,verification意为“核实;核查;对真理或权力的确认”。
单选题 A. recipient B. receiver C. receptionist D. receipt
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此句意思是:用发电子邮件的方式,你的收信人可以立即提问。recipient接受人;receiver接收器;receptionist招待员,传达员;receipt收据。选recipient因为它可以表示收信人,其他三项却不行。
单选题 A. worthy B. worth C. worthwhile D. worthless
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此句可译为:如果短信的主要目的只是告知收信人你已准备好去吃午饭,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的应是worthwhile,因为worthless意思不合上下文,worth只做表语,worthy意为“可敬的;有价值的;该得到的”。
单选题 A. for B. at C. with D. toward
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】slave做动词,意为“像奴隶一样干活”,slave at意为“拼命工作;做苦工”。
单选题 A. inaccurate B. faultless C. sharp D. sophisticated
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】参考上面的译文可知此处说:保证拼写没有错误,因此该选用 faultlesss。
单选题 A. beyond B. over C. at D. behind
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】beyond/above reproach意为“完美的”。
单选题 A. allocate B. agree C. unite D. coincide
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】allocate sth.to sb.把某物分配给某人;agree with与……相符; unite with与……相结合;coincide with意为“与……完全一致”,强调地点、时间或思想的完全一致,从意义和结构上看应选用agree。
单选题 A. insufficiency B. absence C. inadequacy D. presence
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此句可译为:由于电子邮件没有语音的变化,没有手势辅助,也不是在双方共有的环境下,因此不像面对面交流那么富有色彩,甚至不如电话交谈(那么生动)。从上下文语境来看,应选B。
单选题 A. colorful B. plentiful C. ample D. expressive
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】参见上面的译文。plentiful大量的,ample充足的,皆不合文意。expressive表现的,富于表情的,强调可见可闻的表达;colorful涵盖了expressive的意义,指“多姿多彩的;生动有趣的”。
单选题 A. identifying B. recognizing C. differing D. telling
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题测试惯用搭配。telling意为“通过观察发现;识别”,后接各种连接代词或连接副词引导的宾语从句。此处说:收你的信的人可能难以判断你是严肃的还是开玩笑,是精神压抑还是心情舒畅。
单选题 A. suppose B. assume C. withdraw D. conclude
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】suppose意为“假设(一个条件,看看得到一个什么结果)”;assume意为“未加证实先假设是真实的”;withdraw意为“收加,撤退”;conclude意为“结束;从……中得出逻辑结论”。此句选assume,有“妄加揣测”之意,其他三个选项不妥。
单选题 A. status B. position C. situation D. identity
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“婚姻状况”这个短语的英语表达为“marital status”。