If you want stamps to put on your letters and postcards, you can buy it in the General stores.。（)

oking for pen-friends and you want to get in touch with her.

Name: Andy Lewis Age :21

Interest: collecting coins, stamps and postcards, learning foreign languages.

All letters will be answered.

Address .20 Staten Street, Eylandt, DF8 3LF,USA

Write a letter to her (Andy Lewis), telling her about:

1) your family

2) your schooling or work

3) your hobbies

You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use "Li Ping" instead. You needn' t write the address.

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D.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 schoolteacher in Englan

D.He was the first to think of using stamps in the 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.

1. People began to use stamps at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

A.True

B.False

2. Before stamps were used, postage was paid by the letter-receivers.

A.True

B.False

3. Rowland Hill ___________.

A.bought the first stamp

B.was a postman in England

C.gave the idea to use stamps

D.was the first man to use stamps

4. After stamps were used, ___________.

A.postmen needn’t get postage

B.people needn’t pay postage

C.the post office could get more postage

D.people should pay more postage

5. What is the main idea of the passage？

A.How did stamps begin to be used？

B.Why were postmen sent to get postage？

C.When did people first begin to use stamps？

D.Who was the first to think of using stamps？

A.Is there anything I can do for you？

B.What do you want to buy？

C.Do you want to buy stamps or envelopes？

D.What are you looking for？

y be wondering if the hobby is expensive. Can you enjoy it with limited money？ What if you have no money at all for the hobby？ The answer is an absolute positive one.

Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office. Used stamps are worth saving, have value, and they may cost you nothing. In fact, many stamp collectors save only used stamps!

The first place to search for stamps, then, is your own mailbox. You can ask people who write to you to use commemorative(纪念性的) stamps on their mail.Also, if you write away for offers that require a self-addressed stamps envelope, you can put commemoratives on your return envelopes, knowing that they will come back to you later. Neighbors, friends, and relatives are another good source of stamps.A majority of people is only too happy to save the stamps on their mail for someone who will appreciate them. You may even know someone who works in an office that gets a lot of mail. Many businesses get a lot of foreign mail and regularly throw away stamps that may have interest or value to a collector.And don't forget to ask your parents if they have any old letters which may still have stamps on the envelopes.

Now that you have stamps on paper, what do you do with them？ The most common way to get stamps off paper is to soak them in water, then dry them on paper. To understand more about soaking stamps, it is best to find a handbook on stamp collecting at the library.

Stamp clubs are another place to get stamps.A club may offer stamps as prizes, or have inexpensive stamps you can afford to buy. If you don't have a stamp club around you, try to start one with a few others.All it takes are four or five other stamp collectors who are interested in getting together to learn about and trade stamps and ideas. Obtaining a pen pal(笔友) in another country is a very good way to get stamps from that country. His or her extra stamps may seem really common in that country, but over here they are much scarcer.

1、Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word "positive" in Paragraph 1 ？()

A、certain

B、interesting

C、impossible

D、clear

2、Which of the following is true？()

A、Collecting stamps is a bad hobby

B、Collecting stamps is a hobby for rich people

C、Used stamps are all worth collecting

D、Collecting used stamps can save your money

3、The writer suggests that you should ______.

A、ask your friends to write to you as often as possible

B、ask your friends to write to each other as often as possible

C、tell your pen pals to write to you as often as possible

D、get used stamps from all kinds of people you know

4、To soak used stamps in water is the best way to ______.

A、get rid of the print

B、make the stamps clean

C、get stamps off paper

D、increase the value of the stamps

5、If you are a member of a stamp club, you can ______.

A、become rich by collecting stamps

B、have a meeting every day

C、get more stamps without anything

D、exchange stamps with the other members

Section A

Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

听力原文：M: I've noticed that you get letters from Canada from time to time. Would you mind saving the stamps for me？ My sister collects them.

W: My roommate already asked for them.

Q: What does the woman imply？

(1)

A．She will save stamps for the man's sister.

B．She can't give stamps to the man's sister.

C．She will no longer get letters from Canada.

D．She has given the stamps to the man's roommate.

You can't write everything you want to because of the space _______.

A) limitation

B) variation

C) definition

D) liquidation

—What do you want to do？ —________________.

A、No, I don’t want to do anything.

B、I want to watch TV for a change.

C、What do you want to do then？

D、How about having a picnic？

Not that John doesn't want to help you, _____ it's beyond his power.

(A) but that (B) for that (C) and that (D) in that

—Why do you want to leave your previous job？

— ____________ .

A You won't understand it.

B I'm hoping to have a better position.

C I don't want to work at all.