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1、[高考-分类阅读-3][历史类]新课标高考英语阅读分类复习：历史类第1题(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,theEgyptiansbegansendinglettersfromaboutBC,asdidtheChineseathousandyearslater
2、. Ofcourse,modernpostalservicenowaremuchmoredevelopedandfaster,dependingastheydooncarsandplanesfordelivery.Yettheyarestilltooslowforsomepeopletosendurgentdocuments(紧急文件)andletters. Theinventionofthefax(传真)machineincreasedthespeedofdeliveringdocumentsevenmore.Whenyousendafax，youaresendinga
3、copyofapieceofcorrespondencetosomeonebytelephoneservice.Itwasnotuntiltheearly1980sthatsuchaservicewasdevelopedenoughforbusinessestobeabletofaxdocumentstoeachother. Thefaxserviceisstillverymuchinusewhencopiesofdocumentsrequiretobesent,but,asawayoffastcorrespondence,ithasbeenlargelytakenthep
4、laceofbyemail,Emailisusedtodescribemessagessentformonecomputerusertoanother. Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantageswithemails.Ifyousendsomeoneanemail,thenhewillreceiveitextremelyquickly.Normalpostalservicesareratherslowasfarasspeedofdeliveryisconcerned. However,ifyouwritesomethingbyemail,whi
5、chyoumightlaterregret,andsenditimmediately,thereisnochanceforsecondthoughts.Atleast,ifyouarepostingaletteryouhavetoaddressandseal(封)theenvelopeandtakeittothepostbox.Thereisplentyoftimetochangeyourmind.Themessageisthinkbeforeyouemail!41.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat__________.A.emailislesspopula
6、rthanthefaxservice B.thepostalservicehasovertheyearsbecomefasterC. thepostalservicehasovertheyearsbecomeslowerD.thefaxservicehasahistoryaslongasthepostalservicedoes42.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat_________.A. thefaxservicehadbeenfullydevelopedbythe1980sB. lettershavebeenusedinChinaforabo
7、ut1,000years[2008/9/23]-11-[高考-分类阅读-3][历史类]C. thefaxmachinewasinventedafterthe1980sD. lettershavebeenusedinEgyptforabout2,000years43.Inthelastparagraph,thewritermentions"thinkbeforeyouemail"toshowthat________.A.youmayregretifyoudon’tyourenvelopeB.youmayr
