2026年中考英语总复习分类汇编：任务型阅读之回答问题（第02期）原卷版.pdfVIP

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In1876,AlexanderGrahamBellmadeagreatinvention-thetelephone.Fortheirsttimeinhistory,people

couldtalktosomeonearawayjustliketheywereinthesameroom.Buttoday,phonescandomuchmorethanjust

makecalls!

Thestoryomobilephonesbeganwithtwo-wayradios.Theseearlydevices设（备）hadabigproblem-they

onlyworkedwhenpeoplewereclosetoeachother.Inthe1940s,smartscientistsoundaway.Theybuilttallradio

towersacrossh（ecountrytopasssignals（号）easily.

Everythingchangedin1973whenDr.MartinCoopermadetheirstrealmobilephonecall.Duringthe1980s,

mobilephonesbecamesmallerbutwerestillveryexpensive.Onlyrichbusinesspeoplecouldaordthem,andthe

phoneslookedlikebigplasticbricks.

The1990sbroughtanotherbigchange.Phonesbecamecheaperandsmaller,ittingeasilyinpockets.Soon,

almosteveryonehadone.Textmessagingbecamepopular.Peoplestartedwritingshortmessagesinsteadomaking

phonecalls.Meetingtimebecamemorelexible灵（活的）becauseyoucouldjusttextTHbe15minuteslate.”

Nowwehavesmartphones—likepowerulmini-computersinourpockets.Weusethemtotakephotos,

watchvideos,playgames,andevenhelpwithhousework!Messagingappsletussendvideosandlongmessages

easily.Whilephoneshelpusstayconnected,somepeopleworrythatwcspendtoomuchtimeonthem.

Lookingback,itsamazinghowphoneshavechanged.FromBclTssimpletelephonetotodayssmartphones,

thishastrulychangedourlives.Whatwillphonesbeabletodonext?Onlytimewilltell!

请将答案写在答题卡上。

1.WhendidAlexanderGrahamBellinventthetelephone?

2.Whydidscientistsbuildtallradiotowersinthe1940s?

3.Whomadetheirst