Question

【题目】Technology that connects computers to telephones has developed very fast in the last ten years. This is clear in the development of the fax. A traditional fax can include many documents and is simple to send. It is rather like a copier combined with a telephone. First, you insert a document into the fax machine, enter the fax number and then turn on the machine. If it connects, the sending fax machine reads the document and sends it to the receiving fax machine. At the same time, the receiving machine receives the document and then prints it.

But technology never stays still. New technology like PC fax programs and LAN fax servers (局域网传真服务器)have recently been introduced to improve fax communications. The latest improvement is the IP fax which uses Internet Protocol(因特网协议)to send faxes.

　　There are two basic ways of sending information using the IP fax system: store-and-forward or real-time. Store-and-forward ways of sending messages are widely used. In this mode, the entire document is sent to a network-based server that stores it and then sends it on to the receiving fax. Real-time IP faxing is closer to sending a fax in the traditional way. Real-time mode allows two fax machines to directly communicate and send the material more efficiently.

IP fax can send a fax document from one person to another. A fax machine or a computer can be used to send or receive the fax. IP fax also allows e-mail to be used to receive faxes. This enables users to receive faxes anywhere at anytime as long as they have an Internet fax address.

【1】The passage deals mainly with ________.

A. PC fax and LAN fax

B. technology of connecting computers to telephone

C. information technology

D. new machines

【2】The IP fax system can use all of the following to send and receive a fax except ________.

A. a fax machine B. a cellphone

C. a computer D. e-mail

【3】In real-time IP fax mode ________.

A. two fax machines communicate directly

B. a network-based server is used

C. users can receive faxes anywhere

D. the PSTN has to be used

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】本文主要谈电脑和电话的结合带给传真领域的革新。并向读者介绍了它与传统的传真的不同。

【1】主旨大意题。本文主要谈电脑和电话的结合带给传真领域的革新。并向读者介绍了它与传统的传真的不同。由此选B 为正确答案。

【2】细节理解题。由最后一段和倒数第二段可以判断B为正确答案。

【3】细节理解题。根据Real-time mode allows two fax machines to directly communicate …可知两台传真机可以直接交流，据此选A。