课后限时自测(八)
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Ⅰ.语法填空
Many people say that e－mail is just a faster way to deliver letters.The fact is that letter－writing and e－mail are completely different __1__(process)．Letters travel__2__envelopes through actual space and take time getting from one place to another.If I am writing on paper to my brother in Kenya，I will be less likely to complain about the breakfast I__3__(have)this morning.I will probably write about my relationships and some things that I've been thinking about.I will also take more care with my style，trying to write in__4__way which is interesting and worth__5__(read)．My brother might save my letter；he might read it back to me years from now.
E－mail is different.It is instant，traveling from point to point.__6__you don't print it out，the message doesn't physically exist.With e－mail，geography is no obstacle and time is not important.I can send a message to Kenya whenever I want to，and__7__gets there almost in a second.The ease of this kind of writing and sending probably makes__8__a different kind of communication.That is__9__I am not so focused on style.I might be less likely to say something__10__(deep)．My brother might glance at my mail，have a laugh，and then delete it.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了e－mail与传统写信的区别以及它带给人们的好处。
