But while it is common knowledge that most child soldiers come from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds, Young Soldiers shows that the issue is far more complex. Many poor children do not join the army. The environmental, educational, social, cultural, and highly personal factors determine whether someone decide to join up or not.

　　The battlefield is not a place for children. One young soldier described being there as “too sad an experience”. The authors hope that by understanding why teenagers join up, those child soldiers should know how to discourage others from the same tragedy.

　　1. Young Soldiers, Why They Choose to Fight is ______.

　　A. a book           B. a magazine         C. a news report        D. a TV program

　　2. According to paragraph 3, Brett and Specht’s interviewees _______.

　　A. joined armed forces under 18

　　B. considered going into the army their duty

　　C. were only from African countries

　　D. were mainly the ex-soldiers

　　3. The reasons shown in young soldiers for children to join the army are______.

　　A. very simple       B. very complex      C. unknown       D. unbelievable

　　4.The writers of Young Soldiers probably expect that ______.

　　A. child soldier would leave armed forces

　　B. they could find more than 53 interviewees

　　C. no more children would join armed forces

　　D. there would be no wars in the world

　　5. The tone of the passage is ______.

　　A. pleasant         B. indifferent         C. humorous        D. objective

　　Passage Five

　　It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servant to it. E-mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new vehicle. The average businessperson is getting about 80-e-mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messages in their “In Box” are of little or no value.

　　So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Easing E-mail”.

　　1.Get off the lists.  The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lot of unwanted e-mails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusion in unwanted “cc” lists.

　　2.“Unlisted address”.  Just like getting an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only with those whom you want to give direct access, you might want to get a separate e-mail address only for the important communications you wish to receive.

　　3.Check it once or twice per day.  Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server, monitoring incoming email on a continuous basis. Maybe this is because e-mail creates its own sense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them a couple of times per day.

　　4.Deal with it.  As you open each e-mail do one of the following:

　　a.If it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.

　　b.If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.

　　c.If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your Day Planner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.

　　I personally receive approximately 250 e-mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above, I can handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not being controlled by it to the distraction of more important tasks in my day.

　　1. The passage is about ______.

　　A. how to check e-mails

　　B. how to collect e-mails

　　C. how to deal with your daily e-mails

　　D. how to deal with 80% valueless e-mails

　　2. If you get unwanted e-mails, the best you can do is to______.

　　A. make a list of them

　　B. put them into “cc” lists

　　C. send them to a special address

　　D. delete them from different lists

　　3. For the important communications, the writer suggests that you______.

　　A. have a direct access for them

　　B. have several e-mail servers for them

　　C. get an unlisted phone number for them

　　D. get a special e-mail address for them

　　4. To avoid being chained by the coming e-mails, what you can do is to ______.

　　A. respond urgent ones only