高三英语阅读理解

TheplaywrightGeorgeBernardShawoncesaidhumorously,"EnglandandAmericaaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage.Ifhewerewritingtoday,hemightadd"dividedbyacommontechnology--E-mail."

Twocompletelydifferentstylesofe-mailhaveformedoneithersideoftheAtlantic--EuromailandAmerimail.Amerimailisinformalandchatty.It'slikelytobeginwitha"Hi"andendwitha"Bye".ThechancesofAmerimailcontainingasmileyfaceoran"xoxo"aredisturbinglyhigh.WeAmericansareunwillingtodiveintothemeatofane-mail.Wefeelwehavetofirstinformrecipients(收信人)aboutourvacationontheislandwhichwasreallyexcellentexceptthejellyfishwerebitingandthekidscaughtabadcold,sowehadtoskipthewhalewatchingtrip,butaboutthatinvestors'meetinginNewYork….Amerimailisabundleofcontradictions(矛盾),casualandyetdirect,respectfulyetoverproud.Inotherwords,AmerimailisAmerica.

Euromailisstiffandcoldoftenbeginningwithaformal"DearMr.X"andendingwithasimple"Sincerely".Youwon'tfindanymentionofkidsortheweatherorjellyfishinEuromail.It'sallbusiness.It'salsoslow.Yourcorrespondent(通信者)mighttakedaysevenweekstoansweramessage.EuromailisexactlyliketheEuropeansthemselves.

Recentlyabout100managerswereaskedonbothsidesoftheAtlanticwhethertheynoticeddifferencesine-mailstyles.Mostsaidyes.Hereareafewoftheirobservations:

"Americanstendtowrite(e-mails)exactlyastheyspeak."

"Whydon'tyoujustcallmeinsteadofwritingfivee-mailsbackandforth"

"Europeansarelessinterestedincheckinge-mail".

"Ingeneral,Americansaremuchmoreresponsivetoe-mail--theyrespondfasterandprovidemoreinformation.'

Sowhichisbetter,EuromailorAmerimailIrealizeit'snotpopularthesedaystosuggestwehaveanythingtolearnfromEuropeans,butI'mfedupwithaninboxfilledwithcasual,barelymeaningfule-mailsfromfriendsandcolleagues.Ifthealternativeisafewearnestlywritten,carefullywordedbitsofEuromail,thenIsay:"Bringiton."

61.Whichofthefollowingismostlikelytobethe"meat"ofanAmerimail

A.Thejellyfishwerebiting.

B.Wehadanexcellentvoca