Do you send and receive more phone calls or e-mails? If your answer is e-mail, or you wish it were, then a new breed of telecommunications devices called an e-mail phone or Internet phone may soon find its way into your kitchen or living room. Essentially, an e-mail phone, or e-phone for short, is the merger of telephone and computer. With most of these new screen phones, that means, being able to read and reply to electronic mail directly from the phone, without starting up (or even owning) a PC. With some, it also means being able to search through the Web to make vacation plans or research homework assignments though at slow speeds and on a rather small screen. And you can still make phone calls, too.
No computer experience is required to use an e-phone. Most let you sign up with Internet service provider (ISP), which typically charges about $20 per month. Once you’re past this tedious work and enter the account information into the phone, you can check your e-mails from either your computer or phone.
To assess your e-mail account from one of these phones, you typically have to select e-mail service from a menu. Phones with touch screens have an icon for that on the opening screen. For other phones, you press one of the buttons lining the bottom or sides of the display, much as with an ATM machine. The phone then calls your ISP. When the ISP picks up, the phone automatically transfers your account name and password. Once accepted, the ISP will start sending the phone your messages. By touching the item you want to read or hitting a button next to it, the message will be displayed. Once you’ve read it, you can reply to the message, move onto the next one, or, with most phones, delete the message from your account. You can check your e-mail manually, but most e-phones can also be set to check several times a day automatically. In automatic mode, the phone flashes to tell you mail is waiting. If you happen to be using the phone when it is scheduled to check for e-mail, the phone will automatically try again when the line is free.
One serious drawback to e-mail by phone is that it cannot receive (or send) attached files, whether they contain documents or graphics. Some phones will attempt to display simple text files as part of the message, but other types of files will appear as gibberish, or not at all. If you use the e-mail account on a PC and don’t delete the message, however, you can usually retrieve the message and file on your computer.
1. An e-mail phone is an improved device of telecommunication in that ____.
2. Compared with a traditional telephone, an e-mail phone probably ____.
3. When an e-mail phone is being used to make phone calls, it ____.
4. One fundamental flaw of e-mail phones is that people cannot use it to ____.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that e-mails phones are designed to ____.
问题1选项
A.it can record a message in the form of e-mails
B.it can be used to receive and send e-mails
C.it can be connected with computers
D.it can be used to visit websites
问题2选项
A.has a colored screen
B.has a larger size
C.has similar key arrangement
D.does not have a receiver
问题3选项
A.cannot receive new messages
B.send out a signal of new messages
C.cannot display e-mail messages
D.automatically checks new messages
问题4选项
A.receive or send e-mails with attached files
B.receive attached files with documents
C.read attached files with graphics
D.read only messages in the form of simple text
问题5选项
A.make transmission of e-mail messages faster
B.make communication through e-mails cheaper
C.make communication through e-mails easier
D.make communication through e-mails more popular
第1题:B
第2题:B
第3题:A
第4题:C
第5题:C
第1题:
【选项释义】
An e-mail phone is an improved device of telecommunication in that ____. 电子邮件电话是一种改进的通讯设备，因为____。
A. it can record a message in the form of e-mails A. 它能以电子邮件的形式记录信息
B. it can be used to receive and send e-mails B. 它能用来接收和发送电子邮件
C. it can be connected with computers C. 它能用来连接电脑
D. it can be used to visit websites D. 它能用来访问网页
【答案】B
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干关键词an improved device of telecommunication定位到原文第一段。本段第四句提到“对于大多数新型触屏手机来说，这意味着可以直接从手机上阅读和回复电子邮件（read and reply to electronic mail）”，由此可知，电子邮件电话可以直接阅读（接收）和回复（发送）邮件，B选项“它能用来接收和发送电子邮件”符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“它能以电子邮件的形式记录信息”，原文是说可以收发电子邮件，而不是以电子邮件的形式记录信息，该选项属于偷换概念；
C选项“它能用来连接电脑”，原文第一段第三句提到“电子邮件手机是电话和电脑的结合体（the merger of telephone and computer）”，由此可知，原文不是说这款手机可以连接电脑，该选项属于曲解原文；
D选项“它能用来访问网站”，首先，原文第一段倒数第二句只提到“一些电子邮件手机可以通过网络制定假期计划或查看家庭作业”，并不清楚是否能够访问所有网站；另外，能够访问网页并不是它能够作为一种改进的通讯工具的原因。因此，该选项不符合题意，属于过度推理。
第2题:
【选项释义】
Compared with a traditional telephone, an e-mail phone probably ____. 与传统的电话相比，电子邮件电话可能____。
A. has a colored screen A. 有彩色屏幕
B. has a larger size B. 尺寸更大
C. has similar key arrangement C. 有相似的键盘配置
D. does not have a receiver D. 没有接收器
【答案】B
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】根据题干关键词Compared with a traditional telephone可知，本题要求选择的是电子邮件手机与传统的手机之间的区别。原文第一段第四句提到“大多数新型屏幕手机（most of these new screen phones）”由此可知，屏幕是电子邮件手机的一个创新点；由上一题可知，电子邮件手机最大的特点是可以阅读和回复邮件，由此推断，电子邮件手机的屏幕比传统的手机更大，这样才方便阅读和回复邮件。综上所述，B选项“尺寸更大”符合原文推测。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“有彩色屏幕”，原文虽然提到了手机屏幕，但是“彩色”这一信息无法从原文已有信息推断出来，该选项属于过度推理；
C选项“有相似的键盘配置”，原文没有提到键盘的问题，我们无从得知有关信息，该选项属于无中生有；
D选项“没有接收器”，电子邮件手机可以接受电子邮件，所以肯定是有接收器的，该选项与原文矛盾，属于反向干扰。
第3题:
【选项释义】
When an e-mail phone is being used to make phone calls, it ____. 当电子邮件手机正用于打电话时，它____。
A. cannot receive new messages A. 不能接收新信息
B. send out a signal of new messages B. 发送一个新信息的信号
C. cannot display e-mail messages C. 不能展示邮件信息
D. automatically checks new messages D. 自动检查新信息
【答案】A
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干关键词being used定位到原文第三段最后两句。这两句提到“在自动模式下，手机会闪烁提醒你有新邮件。如果你恰好在预定检查电子邮件（scheduled to check for e-mail）的时候使用手机（happen to be using），当线路空闲时（when the line is free），手机会自动再试一次（automatically try again）。”由此可知，当手机正用于打电话时，它不能自动检查新的电子邮件，因此，A选项“不能接收新信息”，符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“发送一个新信息的信号”，当手机线路被占用时，它无法检查新邮件，也不会发送新信息提醒，该选项与原文矛盾，属于反向干扰；
C选项“不能展示邮件信息”，原文说的是线路被占用，无法接收到新信息，并没有说能否展示，该选项属于无中生有；
D选项“自动检查新信息”，与原文不能自动检查新电子邮件表述矛盾，该选项属于反向干扰。
第4题:
【选项释义】
One fundamental flaw of e-mail phones is that people cannot use it to ____. 电子邮件手机的一个根本缺陷是人们不能用它来____。
A. receive or send e-mails with attached files A. 接收和发送带附件的邮件
B. receive attached files with documents B. 接收带有文档的附件
C. read attached files with graphics C. 阅读带有图表的附件
D. read only messages in the form of simple text D. 只阅读简单形式的文本
【答案】C
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干关键词fundamental flaw定位到原文最后一段。本段第一句提到“通过电话发送电子邮件的一个严重缺点是它不能接收（或发送）附加文件（cannot receive (or send) attached files），无论它们是包含文档还是图形。”本段第二句提到“一些手机会尝试把简单的文本文件作为信息的一部分显示（display simple text files as part of the message），但其他类型的文件将显示为乱码，或根本不显示。”综上所述，所有的电子邮件手机都不能显示除了简单文本以外的其他形式的附件，包括图表。因此，C选项“阅读带有图表的附件”符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“接收和发送带附件的邮件”，原文说的是不能接收和发送附件，而不是选项所表述的不能接收带附件的邮件，带附件的邮件可以接收，只是不能查看附件内容，该选项属于曲解原文；
B选项“接收文件附件”，原文提到有一些手机在尝试把简单的文本文件作为信息的一部分显示，因此，有一些手机还是可以显示文档附件的，该选项属于曲解原文；
D选项“只阅读简单形式的文本”，由原文可知，有些手机是阅读简单形式的文本的，题干中写的是“不能做什么”，该选项不符合题意，与原文矛盾，属于反向干扰。
第5题:
【选项释义】
It can be inferred from the passage that e-mails phones are designed to ____. 从文章中可以推断出，电子邮件手机是为____而设计的。
A. make transmission of e-mail messages faster A. 使电子邮件信息的传输更快
B. make communication through e-mails cheaper B. 使通过电子邮件交流更便宜
C. make communication through e-mails easier C. 使通过电子邮件交流更简单
D. make communication through e-mails more popular D. 使通过电子邮件交流更受欢迎
【答案】C
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】本题询问的是电子邮件手机的设计目的。原文第一段第四句提到了电子邮件手机的主要功能，即“直接从手机上（directly from the phone）阅读和回复电子邮件，而不需要（without）启动（甚至不需要拥有）个人电脑。”由此可知，电子邮件手机主要是使接收和回复电子邮件更简单了，只需要一个手机就可以，因此，C选项“使通过电子邮件交流更简单”更符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“使电子邮件信息的传输更快”，原文不涉及传输速度比较，该选项属于无中生有；
B选项“使通过电子邮件交流更便宜”，原文不涉及价格比较，该选项属于无中生有；
D选项“使通过电子邮件交流更受欢迎”，原文不涉及通过电子邮件交流是否受欢迎，该选项属于无中生有。
