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1、ADoesyourclassusee-mail?Haveyouevertriedtowriteastoryforournewspaperandsenditinbye-mail?E-mailisusedforeverything,anditmakeslifeeasier.Butdoyouknowwheree-mailcamefrom?ThemanwhoinventeditwasRayTomlinson,aUSenginee匚Hediedearlylastmonthattheageof74.Backin19
2、71,Tomlinsonwasworkingonsomethingthatcouldsendmessagesfromonecomputertoanother.Tomlinsontriedtofindawaytoseparateusers9namefromthenamesoftheircomputers.Heneededsomekindofsymbol.However,itcouldn'tbeapopularone,anditcouldn'tbeonethatcomputersmightknowinadi
3、fferentcontext（语境）.Italsoneededtobeonkeyboardatthesametime・Thesignwasthere,andprettymuchnooneusedit.Itwasperfect."Thesignmadethemostsense/9hetoldWiredin2012."Itsaidwheretheuserwas...at/9Forexample,bywriting"Alexat21stCenturyTeens^youcansendamessagetosome
4、bodynamedAlexwhoworksat21stCenturyTeens.Thiswastheearlyformofe-mail.TheinterestingthingisthatTomlinsondidn'trememberwhattheveryfirsttestmessagehesentwas."ProbablythefirstmessagewasQWERTYUIOPorsomethinglikethat/WhydidhechoosethesymbolA.Itwasnotpopularatth
5、attime・C.Itisonkeyboard・Whatdoes"@"signtellus?A・Ittellsuswhotheuseris.C.Ittellsuswheretheuseris.Accordingtothepassage,whichstatementisTRUE?A.wasusedalotbeforeitwasusedine-mail・B.Tomlinsonstillrememberedclearlywhatthefirstmessagehesentwas.C.Exceptfore-mai
6、ls,weusealotinsocialmedialikeWeiboandWechat.D.Ifwedon'tusee-mailanymore,wontplayanimportantpartinourlife.5•What'sthepassagemainlyabout?A.It9sabouthowTomlinsoninventedtheemailandthesignB.IJsabouthowimportantisintheworldcommunicates.Yahooreported,guessingt
7、hefirstrowoflettersonthekeyboard・Tomlinson,thefatherofe-mail,changedthewaytheworldcommunicatesandmoreimportantlysavedthesymbolToday,thesymbolisfindingnewlifeoutsideofourinboxes（收件箱）.Mostfamously,socialmedialikeWeiboandWechatuseitatthebeginningofusernames
8、.Soevenifwedon'tusee-mailsomeday,Tomlinson'scontribution（贡l献）willcertainlyliveon.1.WhendidTomlinsoninventthee-mail?A.attheageof74C.in2012B.in1971D・It'snotmentioned.B.Ithadjustonemeaning・D.Allabove.B.Ittellsuswhattheuser'sn
