More worrying is still the increasing misuse of e mail for sending "flame-mail" - abusive or inappropriate e-mail messages, Recent research in several companies suggests that aggressive communications like this are on the increase．E-mail has become the perfect medium for expressing workplace dissatisfaction because it is so instant．
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E-mail can also be a problem in other ways．Staffs all too often make the mistake of thinking that the contents fan e-mail, like things said over the phone, are private and not permanent．But it is not only possible for an employer to read all your e-mails, it is also perfectly legal．E-mail messages can be traced back to their origin for a period of at least two years, so you might want to rethink e-mailing your dissatisfaction about your too to your friends．The advice is to keep personal e-mails out of the office．
It goes without saying that e-mail exists to make life easier, and if used correctly, it is an invaluable tool for businesses of all sizes．But perhaps, for the time being, the fact that in the business world 70 percent offal documents are still in paper form is not such a bad thing after all．
60．Why has the promise of the paperless office not come true in many offices?
A．People write more memos than they used to．
B．Staff leave messages lying around their offices．
' C．Many managers prefer to read their messages on paper.
D．Many secretaries keep paper copies of their bosses' e-mails．
61．What does Richard Metcalf say about e-mail in Paragraph 2?
A．It is not an appropriate channel for sending important information．
B．It increases the amount of paperwork done in offices．
C．It is not popular with many secretaries．
D．It is a less efficient channel than fax．
62．Why should employees not use company e-mail systems for personal messages?
A．Because company e-mail systems are not easy to use．
B．Because e-mail is not a private means of communication．
C, Because they allow people to express their anger immediately．
D, Because the people the messages are sent to can't respond immediately．
63．What does the writer conclude about e-mail in the last paragraph?
A．It has already made life a lot easier for many businesses．
B．It is not being used enough in business today．
C．It is really useful when people use it properly．
D．It will never replace written communication．
C
Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution,-which has existed for at least six thousand years．It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past human race managed to live with it．Modern inventiveness has changed this．Either man will end war, or war will end man．For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger, but bacteriological（使用细菌的）or chemical weapons may, before Iong, offer an even greater threat．If we succeed in ending nuclear weapons, our work will not be done．It will never be done until we have succeeded in ending war．international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in kiting people, but by agreement with principles of law．It is not easy to, change very old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted．
There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology（观念，思想意识）would prevent war．I believe this to be a big error．All ideologies are based upon dogmatic statements that are, at best, doubtful, and at worst, totally false．Their adherents （追随者，支持者） believe
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in them so fanatically that they are willing to go to war in support of them．
The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as we can welcome．It has become a commonplace that nuclear war must be avoided．Of course very difficult problems remain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago．It has begun to be thought, even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory．It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries, but between man and the atom bomb．
64．In the sentence "To do this, we need to persuade mankind" （Para l） A．abolish war B．improve weapons
C．solve international problems D．live a peaceful life
65．From Paragraph 2 we loam that the author of the passage .
A．is an adherent of some modern ideologies
B．does not doubt the truth of any ideologies
C．believe that the adoption of some ideology could prevent war
D．does not think that adoption of any ideology could prevent war
66．The last paragraph suggests that ．
A．nuclear war will definitely not take place
B．man begins to realize the danger ofnuclear war
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