Most of us can remember the days when we didn’t use e-mail as an everyday means for communication. Slowly but surely, it entered our lives. E-mail is a valuable tool for college students at any level. It’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and even at holidays. Most universities assign students an account(戶頭) upon entrance.

You can do everything from getting information or advice on homework and projects, keeping in touch with classmates, exchanging letters with family and friends, and getting daily news services to keep you posted on world events. But, what are the disadvantages?

E-mail can be e-jail (prison). You might spend hours writing and replying to e-mails when you should be hitting the books for an upcoming exam. Or, you might be signed up for so many daily services, such as horoscopes(星座), news services, or personals, that your mailbox is so filled up with “junk mail”, that finding the important e-mails through your mail-box might take hours.

If you’re a student, time is limited and valuable. Create and organize your e-mail folders into important school-related mail, correspondence (通信聯(lián)系) with friends and family, and a mixed folder for jokes, horoscopes, and other news services. Always put the mail into the right and proper folders first, and when you’ve finished, head for the important school-related folder first. Reply to the most important e-mails first and, if you have time, you can get to the others.

Try to stop your friends from sending those troublesome joke lists, sex quizzes, and chain e-mails. The minute you realize you’ve got one, delete it immediately so you won’t be attracted to read it.

1. The underlined part ‘be hitting the books’ in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.

　 A. be fond of books　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. be writing books

　 C. be studying hard　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. be asking for advice

2. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in this passage?

　 A. Students get an e-mail account upon their entrance to universities.

　 B. It is necessary to put your e-mail into different and proper folders.

　 C. Delete those troublesome e-mails from your friends or some companies.

　 D. There are many advertisements in every e-mail folder.

3. The best title of this passage should be ____.

　 A. The Advantage of E-mail　　　　　　　　　 B. The Disadvantage of E-mail

　 C. How to Create Folder　　　　　　　　　　　 D. E-mail or E-jail