StopSpam

When I first got ane-mail account ten years ago,I received communications only fromfamily,friends,and colleagues.______(46)If we want e-mail to continue to beuseful,we

need specific lawsthat make spamming（发送垃圾邮件）acrime.

If lawmakers do notdo something soon to prohibit spam,the problem will certainly get muchworse.______(47)As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their

products,individual （个人的）e-mail boxes are often floodedwith spam e-mails.Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal withan annoying amount of spam

each time?

______(48)Many spame-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of acompany.Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate

with each other.Spamfrequently causes failures in their local communications networks.______(49)

Such a situationresults in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repairtheir networks.These computer problems raise production costs of

companies,whichare,in the end, passes on to the consumer.

For these reasons ,I believe that lawmakers need to legislate（立法）against spam.

______(50)E-mail isa tool which helps people all over the world to communicate,but spam isdestroying this convenience.______(48)

A.Computer programsallow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly.

B.This question istroubling for individuals and companies as well.

C.But now it seemsthat every time I check my e-mail,I have an endless series of advertisementsand other correspondence that do not interest me at all.

D.Spammers should befined,and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people.

E.And theiremployees are thus unable to communicate effectively.