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When I opened my E-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer
screen. She greeted me by name and  1  talking with great enthusiasm.  2  she stopped to smile at me or
blow a kiss. She was reading  3  me an E-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his  4  the
phone company to give him a high speed Internet connection. It was  5  .
Rachel was there   6 a new technology called Facemail. It lets you send an E-mail that gets ready to the
receiver by a(n)  7  male or female form or by a clown. The software, which is free, can be  8  at www.
facemail.com.
Facemail faces are   9  , and they simulate(模拟) emotions  10 those you put in your text.  11  , type
in X, and Rachel blows a kiss.
The company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad  12 uses.
The reason E-business is not popular, the company says, is  13  buying over the Internet lacks the
human touch. But  14 you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name,  15  on
you and personally closed the sale? And it is talking with Whirlpool(惠普公司) about using the technology
in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Mom can't be home  16  the kids get back from school, she can
leave a(n)  17  with a voice and image telling them what there is to eat.
Facemail could get hot fast.  18 , I'm a fan. But Facemail should be used with  19 .  The clown looks
lively and funny at first. But if you select the clown, put a few  20 words in an E-mail and add some angry
emotions, you've got a Psycho mail(疯人型电子邮件).

(     )1. A. enjoyed         (     )2. A. For some time   (     )3. A. to             (     )4. A. hoping         (     )5. A. cool           (     )6. A. in place of     (     )7. A. ugly           (     )8. A. downloaded     (     )9. A. alive           (     )10. A. taken on       (     )11. A. Such as       (     )12. A. education     (     )13. A. why           (     )14. A. even if       (     )15. A. waited         (     )16. A. before         (     )17. A. news           (     )18. A. Firstly       (     )19. A. interest       (     )20. A. rude

B. started         B. As usual       B. about           B. making         B. cold           B. in honor of     B. familiar       B. sold           B. valuable       B. based on       B. In that case   B. technology     B. how             B. what if         B. worked         B. while           B. information     B. Directly       B. care           B. polite

C. appreciated   C. Now and then   C. at             C. letting       C. mad           C. thanks to     C. possible       C. seen           C. lifelike       C. put on         C. For example   C. art           C. that           C. as if         C. carried       C. once           C. supper         C. Personally     C. attention     C. happy

D. loved           D. At a time       D. with             D. getting         D. strange         D. in spite of     D. attractive       D. made             D. priceless       D. looked on       D. On top of that   D. business         D. what             D. then if         D. dropped         D. when             D. note             D. Fortunately     D. fun             D. true

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