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Everybody Should Say Thank You to Ray Tomlinson

Why should you thank Ray Tomlinson? You might have never heard of his name before, but do you know that the email you use every day was his "child"?

Ray Tomlinson is known as "the father of email". He was born in New York in 1941. He attended college at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he took part in a program with IBM and in 1963 he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.

In 1971, Ray created the first email system, which allowed people to send messages electronically from the same computer. But he thought that there might also be a way to send messages from different computers, which led to the birth of the email we know now. He chose the@ sign to separate(区别于)local from global(全球的) emails in the mailing address. "I used the ‘@’ sign to show that the user was ‘at’ some other hosts (电脑主机)rather than being local,” said Ray in an interview Person to person network email was born and user@ host became the standard for email addresses, as it remains today.

Ray Tomlinson died at the age of 74. Thank Ray Tomlinson for inventing the email and making the @ sign well-known. Though he may not be as famous as Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, Ray Tomlinson surely has his place among the geniuses(天才) that gave us the convenience in our life.

根据文章内容，判断句子正(T)、误GF)。

1.Ray Tomlinson is German and known as “the father of email”.

2.We still see user@ host as the standard for email addresses now.

3.Ray Tomlinson created the first email system before he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.

4.Ray Tomlinson may not be as famous as Bill Gates, but he surely has his place among the geniuses.

5.We should say THANK YOU to Ray Tomlinson because he makes our life more convenient.

Answer

1.F

2.T

3.F

4.T

5.T

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲述了“电子邮件之父”Ray Tomlinson的一生，并详细介绍了他的伟大发明——电子邮件。

1.细节判断题。根据第三段中的句子Ray Tomlinson is known as "the father of email". He was born in New York in 1941. Ray Tomlinson被称为“电子邮件之父”，他1941年出生于纽约。可知Ray Tomlinson是德国人，被称为“电子邮件之父”是错误的，故答案为F。

2.细节判断题。根据倒数第二段中的句子said Ray in an interview Person to person network email was born and user@ host became the standard for email addresses, as it remains today. Ray在采访中说网络电子邮件诞生了，用户@主机成为了电子邮件地址的标准，就像今天一样。可知现在我们仍然将用户@主机作为电子邮件地址的标准，故答案为T。

3.细节判断题。根据第三段中的句子in 1963 he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.在1963年，他获得了电子工程学士学位。和第四段中的句子In 1971, Ray created the first email system,在1971年，Ray创建了第一个电子邮件系统。可知Ray Tomlinson在获得电子工程学士学位之前创建了一个电子邮件系统是错误的，故答案为F。

4.细节判断题。根据最后一段中的句子Though he may not be as famous as Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, Ray Tomlinson surely has his place among the geniuses(天才) that gave us the convenience in our life.虽然他可能没有马克.扎克伯格或比尔盖茨那样出名，但Ray Tomlinson确实在天才中占有一席之地，这给我们的生活带来了便利。可知Ray Tomlinson可能不像比尔盖茨那么有名，但他肯定在天才中占有一席之地是正确的，故答案为T。

5.细节判断题。根据第一段中的句子Everybody Should Say Thank You to Ray Tomlinson每个人都应该对Ray Tomlinson说谢谢，和最后一段中的句子Though he may not be as famous as Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, Ray Tomlinson surely has his place among the geniuses(天才) that gave us the convenience in our life. 虽然他可能没有马克.扎克伯格或比尔盖茨那样出名，但Ray Tomlinson确实在天才中占有一席之地，这给我们的生活带来了便利。可知我们应该对Ray Tomlinson说谢谢，因为他让我们的生活更方便是正确的，故答案为T。