用所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次,每空限填一个单词。)
play / be / tradition / send / you / rapid / cheap / need / email / person
Email is a way of sending messages to other people through the Internet. It is much ____1____ and quicker than sending a letter. If you want to ____2____ emails, you need to create an email address for ____3____. This address is usually made up of letters and dots (点) and the symbol “@” (meaning “at”). This is what an address looks like Jenny@mail.com. When you email someone, type in (输入) this ____4____ email address, and then send your message on the Internet. Many people today don’t ____5____ to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the Internet ____6____ invented. Quick and convenient—that’s the character of all ____7____! Ever since the birth of email, letters that are written and sent in the ____8____ way have received a special name—snail mail. Yet, technology is developing ____9____, and some other ways of online communication, such as WeChat in China, have ____10____ a more important part than email.1.1.
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解析:选cheaper。句意:它比寄信便宜得多,也快得多。根据“It is much...and quicker than sending a letter.”和备选词可知,电子邮件比寄信便宜得多,cheap“便宜的”,根据“than”可知,应使用形容词比较级。故填cheaper。
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解析:选send。句意:如果你想发送电子邮件,你需要为自己创建一个电子邮件地址。根据“If you want to...emails, you need to...”和备选词可知,是想要发邮件需要做的事,send“发送”,want to do sth“想要做某事”。故填send。
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解析:选yourself。句意:如果你想发送电子邮件,你需要为自己创建一个电子邮件地址。根据“you need to create an email address for...”和备选词可知,你需要为自己创建一个电子邮件地址,you“你”,此处表示“你自己”,所以用反身代词形式。故填yourself。
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解析:选personal。句意:当你给某人发电子邮件时,输入个人电子邮件地址,然后在互联网上发送你的信息。根据“When you email someone, type in (输入) this...email address”和备选词可知,输入个人电子邮件地址,person“个人”,此处应用形容词personal作定语。故填personal。
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解析:选need。句意:自从互联网发明以来,今天许多人不需要使用邮票、信封或去邮局。根据“Many people today don’t...to use stamps”和备选词可知,今天许多人不需要使用邮票、信封或去邮局,need“需要”,don’t后用动词原形。故填need。
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解析:选was。句意:自从互联网发明以来,今天许多人不需要使用邮票、信封或去邮局。根据“the Internet...invented”和备选词可知,互联网被发明,be符合语境,动作发生在过去,主语是第三人称单数,be动词用was。故填was。
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解析:选emails。句意:快捷方便——这是所有电子邮件的特点!根据“Quick and convenient—that’s the character of all...”和备选词可知,快捷方便是所有电子邮件的特点,email“电子邮件”,all修饰可数名词复数。故填emails。
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解析:选traditional。句意:自从电子邮件诞生以来,以传统方式书写和发送的信件就有了一个特殊的名字——蜗牛邮件。根据“letters that are written and sent in the...way have received a special name”和备选词可知,以传统方式书写和发送的信件,tradition“传统”,此处作定语修饰way,用其形容词形式。故填traditional。
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解析:选rapidly。句意:然而,科技正在迅速发展,一些其他的在线交流方式,比如中国的微信,已经比电子邮件发挥了更重要的作用。根据“technology is developing...”和备选词可知,科技迅速发展,rapid“迅速的”,此处修饰动词,所以用副词形式。故填rapidly。
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解析:选played。句意:然而,科技正在迅速发展,一些其他的在线交流方式,比如中国的微信,已经比电子邮件发挥了更重要的作用。根据“such as WeChat in China, have...a more important part than email”和备选词可知,微信已经比电子邮件发挥了更重要的作用,play an important part“起重要作用”,时态是现在完成时,动词用过去分词形式。故填played。