2000年~2007年高考试题中有关 历史类 的阅读理解及详解.doc

第1题(2006年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语陕西卷) ??? For centuries,the only form of written correspondence (通信)was the letters, letters were, and are, sent by some form of postal service, the history of which goes back a long way .Indeed, the Egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC,as did the Chinese a thousand years later. ?? Of course, modern postal service now are much more developed and faster, depending as they do on cars and planes for delivery. Yet they are still too slow for some people to send urgent documents (紧急文件)and letters. ?? The invention of the fax (传真) machine increased the speed of d