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1、Module1ThehumanbodyUnit2Careforhair培优练习一、阅读理解。ATelephone，television，radio，telegraphandtheInternetallhelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother．Asaresult，ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld．Forexample，withinseconds，peoplecanlearntheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry．Aninternationalfootballmatch

2、comesintothehomesofeveryonewithatelevisionset．Newsofadisastersuchasanearthquakeorafloodcanbringhelpfromdistantcountrieswithinhours．Helpisontheway．Becauseofmoderntechnologylikethesatellitesthattravelaroundtheworld，informationtravelsfast．Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld？Tomanypeople，thewo

3、rldhasbecomesmaller．Ofcourse，thisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallyphysicallysmaller．Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller．Twohundredyearsago，communicationbetweenthecontinentstookalongtime．Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksorevenmonthstocrosstheocean．Intheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies，ittooksixweeks

4、fornewsfromEuropetoreachAmerica．Thistimedifferenceinfluencedpeople'sactions．Forexample，onebattleorfight，inthewarof1812betweenEnglandandtheUnitedStates，couldhavebeenavoided．Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned．PeacewasmadeinEngland，butthenewsofpeacetooksixweekstoreachAmerica．Duringthesesixweeks，thelar

5、geandseriousbattleofNewOrleanswasfought．Manypeoplelosttheirlivesafterapeaceagreementhadbeensigned．Inthepast，communicationtookmuchmoretimethanitdoesnow．Title：Theworldisgetting（1）ThemeItbecomes（2）forpeopletocommunicatewitheachotherwiththehelpExamples（nowadays）Examples（inthepast）oftelephone，televisi

6、on，radio，telegraphandtheInternet．Ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquickly（3）theworld．Peoplecanlearntheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry（4）．Aninternationalfootballmatchcomesintothehomesofeveryonewitha（5）set．Newsofadisaster（6）anearthquakeorafloodcanbringhelpfromdistantcountrieswithinhours．Informationgoesfa

7、st（7）tomoderntechnology．Twocenturiesago，（8）betweenthecontinentstookalongtime．ThenewsofpeaceagreementmadeinEnglandtooksixweeksto（9）Americain1812．ConclusionNowcommunicationtakes（10）timethanitdidinthepas