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Castyourmindbacktothepasttwentyyearsandhardlydidanyonehavetheirownemailaccount.TheInternethadjusttakenoffin1991andpeoplewereonlyusingofficeandPCbasedemailexchanges.Inthemid1990sexternalemailpr

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Castyourmindbacktothepasttwentyyearsandhardlydidanyonehavetheirownemailaccount.TheInternethadjusttakenoffin1991andpeoplewereonlyusingofficeandPCbasedemailexchanges.

Inthemid1990sexternalemailprovidersappeared.ThemostfamousofthesewasHotmailthefirstfreeemailproviderandwebbasedemailservice.SabeerBhatiaandJackSmithlaunchedHotmailonJuly41996.AndMicrosofttooknoteofandboughtHotmailfor$400milliononDecember301997anicebirthdaypresentforBhatiawhoturned29thatday.ItwasrelaunchedasMSNHotmailandin2007wasrelaunchedagainasWindowsLiveHotmail.

Fastforwardthepresentdayandmostofushaveatleastapersonalwebbasedemailaccount.Itseemsimpossibletolivewithoutthem.Oneofthebiggestadvantagesofemailisthefactthatcommunicationhasbecomesomucheasierespeciallywiththoseacrossdifferenttimezones.Emailtakessecondstosendamessagewhereaslettersasweusedtocommunicatebycouldtakeweeks.Ofcoursetherewasthefaxthatbeepinginventionfromthe1980sbutitwasn’tassecureasemailandyouneverknewifthepersonontheotherendhadpickedupyourfaxorifithadgotlostsomewhereintheoffice.

Inconclusiononeofthebestinventionsfromthe1990shastobeemail.Butsometimespeoplearetoocloselyconnectedtotheiremailandhaveacompulsiontocheckitseveraltimesaday.Atworkpeoplehavebecomelazyandinsteadofgoingtospeaktothepersonsittingnexttothemtheysendanemail，causinganinboxtopileupwithmoretimespentreadingemailandrespondingratherthanworking.Clearlyaninventionthatsavedtimebecauseofitsquickandspeedyconnectioncannowalsocauseustowastealotoftime.

1.Theearliestweb-basedemailcameintobeingprobably_______.

A.in1991 B.in1996 C.in1997 D.in2007

2.Theauthormentions“fax”inthethirdparagraphinordertotellusthat_______.

A.itisexactlyasgoodasemail

B.itismuchbetterthanemail

C.itislessconvenientthanemail

D.itiseasierandfasterthanemail

3.Theunderlinedword“compulsion”inParagraph4probablymeans“_______”.

A.strongde

胡安磊回答：

　　1.B 　　2.C 　　3.A 　　4.D 　　分析：　　文章介绍了通信方式的发展变化。自从有了互联网，电子邮件快速发展，得到了广泛的应用。几乎每个人都有一个电子邮件账号。但是，发明给我们带来便利的同时，也会附带有一些问题的出现。　　1.根据“Inthemid1990sexternalemailprovidersappeared.ThemostfamousofthesewasHotmailthefirstfreeemailproviderandwebbasedemailservice.SabeerBhatiaandJackSmithlaunchedHotmailonJuly41996.”可知，基于网络的最早的电子邮件出现在二十世纪九十年代中期，故选B。　　2.根据第三段“Ofcoursetherewasthefaxthatbeepinginventionfromthe1980sbutitwasn’tassecureasemailandyouneverknewifthepersonontheotherendhadpickedupyourfaxorifithadgotlostsomewhereintheoffice.”可知，传真没有电子邮件安全，无法知道对方是否接收了传真，或者把传真的文件放丢了。传真没有电子邮件方便，故选C。　　3.根据最后一段“Butsometimespeoplearetoocloselyconnectedtotheiremailandhaveacompulsiontocheckitseveraltimesaday.”可知，有时候，人们与电子邮件的联系过于密切，以至于有一种一天查收好几次的欲望。故选A。　　4.根据最后一段“Clearlyaninventionthatsavedtimebecauseofitsquickandspeedyconnectioncannowalsocauseustowastealotoftime.”可知，好的发明在带来便利的同时，也会引起许多问题。故选D。　　考点：　　科技类短文阅读