I am an e-mail user．When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail．I didn’t have much mail．1 was very excited about receiving any e-mail．I gave my friends my e-mail address．Soon I had more mail than 1 wanted．Some of the mail was junk mail．1 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 e-mail．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 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 e-mail．I've also learned to transfer(轉(zhuǎn)存)some messages to a disk so they don't fill up my mail files(文件夾)．Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work．I'm still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I'm still worried，however，about having too much to read．
小題1:The writer used to read all his e-mail because __________.
A．he didn’t have much mailB．he had nothing else to do
C．he didn’t know how to read mailD．he was forced to do that
小題2:Which of the following does NOT belong to the ways of the writer’s dealing with his mail?
A．Saving the messageB．Just reading more
C．Deleting someD．Passing some into friends
小題3:What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．messagesB．friendsC．computersD．methods
小題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 worries in using mail with us
C．To share some methods of using computer with us
D．To persuade us out of using mail

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B
本文介紹了作者處理電腦里的郵件的方法。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第一段中When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail．I didn’t have much mail．可知剛開始建郵箱時并沒有多少郵箱。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)文章第二段可知，他并沒有把一些郵件傳送到朋友那里。
小題3:詞義判斷題 根據(jù)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。
小題4:主旨大意題 作者寫文章的目的是把他處理郵件的方法和大家分享。
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