5．When I first got an email account ten years ago，I received communications only from family，friends，and colleagues．Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest the at all．If we want e-mail to continue to be useful，we need special laws that make spamming（發送垃圾郵件） a crime．
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam，the problem will certainly get much worse．Computer programs allow spammers to spend hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly．As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual（個人的）e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails．Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time？
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well．Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company．Companies rely on e-mail on for their employees to communicate with each other．Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks，and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively．Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks．These computer problems raise production costs of companies，which are，in the end，passed on to the consumer．
For these reasons，I believe that lawmakers need to legislate （立法） against spam．Spammers should be fined，and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people．E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently，but spam is destroying this convenience．
57．What does the underlined word"correspondence"in the Paragraph 1probably mean？A
A．messages
B．ideas
C．connections
D．programs
58．According to the text，what is the major cause of the flooding spam？D
A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications．
B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail．
C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail．
D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam．
59．According to Paragraph 3，who is the final victim of spam？D
A．The business
B．The advertiser
C．The employee
D．The consumer
60．What is the purpose of the text？C
A．To inform
B．To educate
C．To persuade
D．To instruct．
分析 本文作者敘述了十年前第一次得到一個郵箱賬戶，只收到來自家人，朋友和同事的聯系郵件，但是現在似乎每次檢查電子郵件，都有無盡的廣告和其它完全令人不感興趣的郵件．很多垃圾郵件包含的計算機病毒，可以使整個公司網絡癱瘓關閉．他們的員工因此無法高效的溝通，公司多次修復自己的網絡導致生產成本的上升，而最終，這些成本轉嫁到了消費者身上．通過垃圾郵件對于個人和公司的危害，作者呼吁立法部門設立相關法律來懲處濫發垃圾郵件．
解答 57．A 推理判斷題．根據本句I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest the at all．說明該詞作為先行詞，被后面的定語從句修飾，不能讓他們感興趣，說明垃圾郵件中有他們不感興趣的信息．故A正確．
58．D 細節理解題．根據第二段2，3行As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails．可知，很多公司在用垃圾郵件來宣傳產品，故D正確．
59．D 細節理解題．根據第三段最后一句These computer problems raise production costs of companies，which are，in the end，passed on to the consumer．可知這些電腦問題使得公司增大了生產成本，而到頭來成本增大的這一部分負擔又轉嫁到消費者身上，所以消費者是受害者，故D正確．
60．C 主旨大意題．本文敘述了垃圾郵件對于個人和公司的危害，所以寫作的目的是為了說服政府的相關立法部門設立相關法律制止垃圾郵件，故C正確．
點評 本文是政治經濟類閱讀，考查學生對細節的理解把握和推理判斷能力，做題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
