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I am an email user.When I first started to use the email system，I used to read all my email.I didn't have much mail.I gave my friends my email address.Soon I had more mail than I wanted.Some of the mail was junk mail.I was worried.I didn't want my mail to control me.
I've tried some methods to help me get control of my mail.First，I check my mail at the same time every day.Also I try to allow myself only 15～20 minutes every day to process my email.This doesn't always work，but I try.Sometimes I save the messages.Sometimes I just read them，maybe answer a few，and then delete(删除)them.
Sometimes I'm not at all interested in a message，so I don't even open it.I delete it right away.This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.
These methods are very simple.I have some friends who are very clever with computers.From time to time，they teach me new tricks for managing my email.I'm still amazed at what email can do for me! I'm still worried，however，about having too much to read.
【语篇解读】 电子邮件越来越多。作者想到了一些方法：读一下，回复一些，然后直接删除，或者直接去掉。但还是有很多垃圾邮件很让人烦恼。
1．The writer used to read all his email because ．
A．he was forced to do that
B．he had nothing else to do
C．he didn't know how to read mail
D．he didn't have much mail
D [细节理解题。根据第一段中“When I first started to use the email system，I used to read all my email.I didn't have much mail.”可知刚开始建邮箱时并没有多少邮箱。故选D。]
2．Which of the following does NOT belong to the ways of the writer's dealing with his mail?
A．Passing some on to his friends.
B．Just reading some.
C．Deleting some.
D．Saving the messages.
A [细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Sometimes I save the messages.Sometimes I just read them，maybe answer a few，and then delete(删除)them.”可知，他并没有把一些邮件传给朋友。故选A。]
3．What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．messages. B．friends.
C．computers. D．methods.
B [词义猜测题。根据此句的前一句“I have some friends who are very clever with computers.”可知，they 是指他的朋友。故选B。]
4．What's the purpose of the writer to write this passage?
A．To share happiness in using mail with us.
B．To share some methods of using computer with us.
C．To share some worries in using mail with us.
D．To persuade us out of using mail.
B [主旨大意题。作者写文章的目的是把他处理邮件的方法和大家分享。故选B。]
