八年级下册Module 1 Travel in time and space Unit 3 Onli教育教学资料.docxVIP

九年级英语一轮复习练习八下Unit3

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FromtheStoneAgetothepresent,peoplehaveshownaclearneedtosendmessagestooneanothereventhoughtheyarefaraway.Withthe1ofsociety,thewaypeoplesendmessageshaschangedalot.

Thewaypeoplesentmessagesinthepastis2differentfromthewaywesendmessagestoday.In1084B.C.,theGreeks3thenewswithachain(一连串)offiresonmountaintops.Andnative(本地的)peopleintheAmericausedsmokecoming4firestosendmessages.Besides,almost5thatmakesanoisehasbeenusedforsignaling(发信号).Cyrus,anancientPersianruler,___6linesofsignaltowers.Ateachone,peoplewithpowerful7shoutedamessagetothenexttower.

Inmoderntimes,peoplehave8byletter,telegraph(电报)andtelephone.Butnoneisspreadasquicklyastheuseofe-mail.Themanwho9itwasRayTomlinson.Hesentthefirste-mailin1971.Atthattime,hewasoneofthe10whowereworkingondevelopingbettercomputers.Scientistswantedtocommunicatetheirworkbetterin11places.SoTomlinsonworkedoutawaytosend12fromonecomputertoan-other.The@signwasnt13soheusedittotellmessagessentfromthelocalmachinestothemorefar-awayones.In1990,thenumberofpeopleusinge-mailwas14small,butbytheendofthetwentiethcentury,therewere263millione-mailboxes.

TheInternethasbecomesopopularnowadaysthat15youasksomeonehisorheraddress,theanswermightbeJSmith@insteadof123KingStreet.ItseemstobeapersonshomeontheInternetawayfromhome.

()1.A.development B.direction C.management D.achievement

()2.A.suddenly B.generally C.quickly D.completely

()3.A.received B.considered C.spread D.brought

()4.A.with B.from C.along D.about

()5.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

()6.A.turnedonB.setup C.tookoff