【正文】 文章第一段第一、二句敘述了(美國(guó))得克薩斯州人的性格；隨后第三句中When they hear this sort of criticism they usually ascribe(把……歸因于)it to the ignorance and jealousy of stuffy Yankees who．．．及第四句For such avowedly robust people they are surprisingly sensitive．談及得州人對(duì)于批評(píng)是敏感、易怒的，他們將對(duì)他們的批評(píng)之詞認(rèn)作是北佬的無(wú)知和妒嫉，……；因此選項(xiàng)D．“他們對(duì)人們給予他們的歧視十分敏感，公開且粗魯?shù)乇硎緫嵟?openly and crudely thinskinned about)”是答案。s population increase. But Texans do not believe they are being diluted. They maintain that Texanhood, or Texianism, is a matter of attitude and that Texanic qualities exist in abundance in many Americans, regardless of their birthplace: it is when these people are planted in Texas, and nourished by its atmosphere, that they flower like true Texans. A man may not be born in Texas, which is unfortunate。s novel Giant, which scourged Texan vulgarity, racism and the mores of millionaires, but they bought it in great quantities and packed cinemas to see the film. They would rather be talked about than not, and if you do not talk about them they do it for you. In claiming special qualities for themselves, Texans have had to bee reconciled to the fact that a large number of them are not native. In the last century Gone to Texas was a monplace graffito daubed on barns in other states, and in recent years Gone to Texas has, figuratively, been written on the front doors of millions of Americans and also Mexicans. In the early 1980s newers accounted for nearly twothirds of the state39。第21題 Texans have bursting pride and love attention. They also have a thick streak of shortsighted greed and, even by American standards, a busted disposition to violence. When they hear this sort of criticism they usually ascribe it to the ignorance and jealousy of stuffy Yankees who have not spent enough time in the state to understand it. For such avowedly robust people they are surprisingly sensitive. They hated Edna Ferber39。見最后一段。從第六段得知：發(fā)送這些unwanted messages的人利用電腦程序自動(dòng)從國(guó)際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)站或在線服務(wù)來收集大量的地址……，由此推知：他們會(huì)向這些地址發(fā)送unwanted messages，目的當(dāng)然應(yīng)是發(fā)送廣告了；因此選項(xiàng)C是答案。第四段第二句是個(gè)對(duì)比句：while some senders…provide simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject(or‘opt—out’of)receipt of…，other senders provide no such‘optout’mechanism…從中得知‘opt—out’應(yīng)是reject的近義詞；而‘opt—out’mechanism應(yīng)是前半句中提到的simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject receipt of…；因此選項(xiàng)B最符合題意。選項(xiàng)B(介紹)和C(提供)都不如A的意思恰當(dāng)。從第五段第一句：Many senders of unsolicited mercial electronic mail purposefully include misleading information in the messages39。disguise隱瞞，掩飾；reveal展現(xiàn)，揭示；deliver遞送，陳述；post郵遞，張貼，揭示。第16題 Disguise in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.A revealB hideC deliverD post【正確答案】：B【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：【答案解析】詞義題型。第15題 What does unwanted messages do to the providers of the Internet services?A Raising their cost.B Raising the Internet speed.C Improving their business.D Attracting investment.【正確答案】：A【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：【答案解析】細(xì)節(jié)題型。本文第三段主要談及unsolicited mercial electronic mail帶來的害處，且根據(jù)上下文，pornographic應(yīng)與or前面的vulgar(粗俗的)近義；因此選項(xiàng)A． decent正派的，有分寸的、B．instructional指導(dǎo)的，教育的、D．mercial商業(yè)的，貿(mào)易的，均不符合題意；只有選項(xiàng)、C．sexual(性的)符合題意，是答案。見第三段第二句：The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages，both mercial and nonmercial，will be lost, overlooked，or discarded amidst…因此選項(xiàng)B為答案。見第三段第一句：The receipt of unsolicited mercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who......，or for the time spent accessing，reviewing，and discarding such mail，or for both．分別是選項(xiàng)A、C、D的內(nèi)容，因此只有選項(xiàng)B為答案。第12題 Which of the following is NOT true about unwanted ?A It costs money to receive them.B It39。 mechanism, or refuse to honor the requests of recipients not to receive electronic mail from such senders in the future, or both. Many senders of bulk unsolicited mercial electronic mail use puter programs to gather large numbers of electronic mail addresses on an automated basis from Internet websites or online services where users must post their addresses in order to make full use of the website or service. The problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of unsolicited mercial electronic mail cannot be solved by the government alone. The development and adoption of technological approaches and the pursuit of cooperative efforts with other countries will be necessary as well.According to the passage, efficiency of is threatened by________.A heavy trafficB fraudulent messagesC large volume of messagesD increasing amount of unwanted 【正確答案】：D【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：【答案解析】細(xì)節(jié)題型。optout39。 of) receipt of mercial electronic mail from such senders in the future, other senders provide no such 39。optout39。 subject lines in order to induce the recipients to view the messages. While some senders of mercial electronic mail messages provide simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject (or 39。第11題 Electronic mail has bee an extremely important and popular means of munication. The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited mercial electronic mail. Unsolicited mercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mail traffic, up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001, and the volume continues to rise. Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects. The receipt of unsolicited mercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail, or for the time spent accessing, reviewing, and discarding such mail, or for both. The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages, both mercial and nonmercial, will be lost, overlooked, or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages, thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient. Some