练习题
Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner. The chief technology officer of E-mail management company MessageLabs, Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day. Servers operated and maintained by MessageLabs manage mail delivery and routing for a number of companies, including Bank of England and Condé Nast Publications.
In fact, all of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations whose daily E-mail output and inflow has soared with the growth of the Web. “E-mail usage has increased massively in the last couple of years,” he says. Indeed, MessageLabs estimates that it has gone from 10 a day per employee as recently as two years ago to more like 20 or 30 now. ?
The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. According to E-mail researcher and consultant David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail coursing through their servers to grow 60% to 80% in 2002. And as individual messages grow in size—they’re now more likely to contain memory—companies could end up paying 100% to 150% more just this year on systems to store and manage those messages. That’s why tech consultancy Radicati Group expects demand for soft are that manages E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005. ?
Too much of this money will be spent in controlling pure junk. About 20% of the
E-mail MessageLabs manages is unwanted, according to Sunner —who adds that about 1.25% of all the E-mail his company moves contains useless attachments. Already, the cost of handling spam（垃圾邮件）is estimated at $8.6 billion worldwide, according to a 2001 European Union study. And the barrage of pornographic spam has made some companies worried that employees might sue on grounds of disturbance arising from exposure to unwanted unpleasantness.?

1. The first sentence of the first paragraph probably means ____.
A) Mark Sunner clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources?
B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but Mark Sunner?
C) Mark Sunner does not know anything about the E-mail
D) the Mark Sunner always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail?

2. Which of the following is NOT true about MessageLabs??
A) It is an E-mail management company.?
B) All of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations.?
C) Mark Sunner is the chief technology officer of MessageLabs. ?
D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail. ?
3. The word “that” in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly means ____. ?
A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005 ?
B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet?
C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff ?
D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage?

4. The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT ____.
A) Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day B) according to David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002?
C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail?
D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources?

5. What is the best title for the passage??
A) The E-mail Monster. ?
B) MessageLabs Business Introduction.?
C) To Avoid E-mail Surge. ?
D) E-mail Destroys Everything.
答案与解析
1. A。文章第一句的意思是“没有人比Mark Sunner更懂得e-mail废话成堆的特点。”所以选A。?

2. D?MessageLabs的重点不是处理垃圾邮件。第四段第二句表示“MessageLabs公司管理的邮件中有20％是无用的邮件，由此可见，公司的重点并不是处理垃圾邮件。此外，其他三项均可在第一段和第二段中找到对应点，所以选D。?

3. D。第三段的最后一句中“that”指的是公司投入100%-150%在个人信息储存上。前一句指出 “为了存储和管理上述信息，这些公司仅今年一年就可能要在系统建设上增加100%到150%的费用。”，此内容与选项D相符。

4. B。根据第三段第二句，在David Ferris看来，公司在2002年的E-mail服务不能超过50%的观点是不对的，选项B中的not more than 50%应当为60% to 80%才对，所以选B。?

5. A。文章在第一句就说that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail，说明了作者对E-mail的态度是否定的，后面部分又分析了E-mail的其他缺点，如浪费资源和不安全等。所以，选项A中的monster（妖怪）比较形象地表达了作者的看法。?