必修第二册 Unit 3 The Internet-【创新教程】2024高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（新教材，人教版）

UNIT 3　THE INTERNET Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·河北邯郸高三开学摸底)E­mail has brought the art of letter writing back to life，but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good. E­mail is a form of communication that is changing，for the worse，the way we write and use language，say some communication researchers.It is also changing the way we interact (交流) and build relationship.These are a few of the recently recognized features of email，say experts，which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use e­mail. “E­mail has increased the spread of careless writing habits，”says Naomi Baron，a professor of linguistics (语言学) at an American university.She says the poor spelling，grammar，punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect (反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write. Baron argues that we shouldn't forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in e­mail.“The more we use e­mail and its tasteless writing，the more it becomes the normal way of writing，” the professor says. Others say that despite its poor writing，e­mail has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn't：it has made writing fashionable again. “E­mail is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire，a professor of English at Toronto University.“It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email.It is the purest form of written speech.” Lancashire says e­mail has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen.He says this is because of e­mail's close similarity to speech.“It's like a circle of four or five people around a campfire，” he says. Still，he accepts that this new­found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble.Emails sent in a day almost exceed (超过) the number of letters mailed in a year.But more people are recognizing the content of a typical e­mail message is not often