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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,theEgyptiansbegansendinglettersfromabout2000BC,asdidtheChineseathousandyearsla
2、ter. Ofcourse,modernpostalservicenowaremuchmoredevelopedandfaster,dependingastheydooncarsandplanesfordelivery.Yettheyarestilltooslowforsomepeopletosendurgentdocuments(紧急文件)andletters. Theinventionofthefax(传真)machineincreasedthespeedofdeliveringdocumentsevenmore.Whenyousendafax，youaresendinga
3、copyofapieceofcorrespondencetosomeonebytelephoneservice.Itwasnotuntiltheearly1980sthatsuchaservicewasdevelopedenoughforbusinessestobeabletofaxdocumentstoeachother. Thefaxserviceisstillverymuchinusewhencopiesofdocumentsrequiretobesent,but,asawayoffastcorrespondence,ithasbeenlargelytakentheplac
4、eofbyemail,Emailisusedtodescribemessagessentformonecomputerusertoanother. Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantageswithemails.Ifyousendsomeoneanemail,thenhewillreceiveitextremelyquickly.Normalpostalservicesareratherslowasfarasspeedofdeliveryisconcerned. However,ifyouwritesomethingbyemail,whichyoum
5、ightlaterregret,andsenditimmediately,thereisnochanceforsecondthoughts.Atleast,ifyouarepostingaletteryouhavetoaddressandseal(封)theenvelopeandtakeittothepostbox.Thereisplentyoftimetochangeyourmind.Themessageisthinkbeforeyouemail!41.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat__________.A.emailislesspopularthanthef
6、axservice B.thepostalservicehasovertheyearsbecomefasterC. thepostalservicehasovertheyearsbecomeslowerD.thefaxservicehasahistoryaslongasthepostalservicedoes42.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat_________.A. thefaxservicehadbeenfullydevelopedbythe1980sB. lettershavebeenusedinChinaforabout1,000years
7、C. thefaxmachinewasinventedafterthe1980sD. lettershavebeenusedinEgyptforabout2,000years43.Inthelastparagraph,thewritermentions"thinkbeforeyouemail"toshowthat________.A.youmayregretifyoudon’tyourenvelopeB.youmayregretbeforeyousendsomethi
