you send a postcard, too?
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科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:052
Reading comprehension.
When you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?
In the early nineteenth century. People did not use stamps. They had to pay postage when they received letters. Sometimes they didn't want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.
Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.
True or false:
(1) People began to use stamps at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
(2) Before stamps are used, postage was paid by the letter-receivers and was got by letter-senders.
(3) Rowland Hill gave the idea to use stamps.
(4) After stamps were used, people needn't pay postage.
(5) The passage is about how stamps began to be used.
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Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? 1.__________? And what do your choices tell about your personal qualities(品质)?
2.__________. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else’s head and heart. We’re all able to do this; in fact, we’re born with a kind of natural empathy. 3.__________. When it isn’t, we’re not able to understand other people’s feelings sharply.
Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose shows your inner world.
We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Passing over the tradition won’t make it go away. 4.__________, tell your friends ahead of time.
A. When do you send a right gift
B. However, it needs to be developed
C. If you really dislike such a tradition
D. Why do presents sometimes go wrong
E. Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe
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| In the past all letters were sent by train or ship. Now most letters are __1__ sent by train or ship, but some are sent by air. You send a letter __2__ so that your friend may receive it sooner. A letter __3__ about twelve days to go from England to India by train or by ship. A letter can get to India by air __4__ five days now, but __5__ the time may be made shorter. __6__ people were afraid to send letters by air. They thought that the plane might fall and their friends might not receive the letter. So they sent two letters: one letter by air and __7__ by train or ship. They wanted to __8__ that the letters would be received. Planes are now almost as safe __9__ trains or ships. __10__ letters are sent by air, | ||||
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B. much slower than
C. not as safe as
D. faster than
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