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1、-1998-2010年高考英语阅读理解真题汇编及详解（历史类）第1题(2006年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语陕西卷) Forcenturies,theonlyformofwrittencorrespondence(通信)wastheletters,letterswere,andare,sentbysomeformofpostalservice,thehistoryofwhichgoesbackalongway.Indeed,theEgyptiansbegansendinglettersfromabout2
2、000BC,asdidtheChineseathousandyearslater. Ofcourse,modernpostalservicenowaremuchmoredevelopedandfaster,dependingastheydooncarsandplanesfordelivery.Yettheyarestilltooslowforsomepeopletosendurgentdocuments(紧急文件)andletters. Theinventionofthefax(传真)machineinc
3、reasedthespeedofdeliveringdocumentsevenmore.Whenyousendafax，youaresendingacopyofapieceofcorrespondencetosomeonebytelephoneservice.Itwasnotuntiltheearly1980sthatsuchaservicewasdevelopedenoughforbusinessestobeabletofaxdocumentstoeachother. Thefaxserviceissti
4、llverymuchinusewhencopiesofdocumentsrequiretobesent,but,asawayoffastcorrespondence,ithasbeenlargelytakentheplaceofbyemail,Emailisusedtodescribemessagessentformonecomputerusertoanother. Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantageswithemails.Ifyousendsomeoneanemail,th
5、enhewillreceiveitextremelyquickly.Normalpostalservicesareratherslowasfarasspeedofdeliveryisconcerned. However,ifyouwritesomethingbyemail,whichyoumightlaterregret,andsenditimmediately,thereisnochanceforsecondthoughts.Atleast,ifyouarepostingaletteryouhaveto
6、addressandseal(封)theenvelopeandtakeittothepostbox.Thereisplentyoftimetochangeyourmind.Themessageisthinkbeforeyouemail!41.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat__________.A.emailislesspopularthanthefaxservice B.thepostalservicehasovertheyearsbecomefasterC. thepostalser
7、vicehasovertheyearsbecomeslowerD.thefaxservicehasahistoryaslongasthepostalservicedoes42.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat_________.A. thefaxservicehadbeenfullydevelopedbythe1980sB. lettershavebeenusedinChinaforabout1,000yearsC. thefaxmachinewasinventedafterthe
8、1980sD. lettershavebeenusedinEgyptforabout2,000years43.Inthelastparagraph,thewritermentions"thinkbeforeyouemail"toshowthat________.A.youmayregretifyoudon’tyourenvelopeB.youmayregretbeforeyousendsomethi
