We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been us

A．about

B．on

C．away

D．into

In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage (邮费) 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. People 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 (邮戳). on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send post men to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.

People began to use stamps ______.

A．at the beginning of the nineteenth century

B．in the middle of the nineteenth century

C．more than two hundred years ago

D．when people first sent letters and postcards.

We were young men (when) we (first met) in London, poor, (struggle), (full of) hope and ideas.

A．when

B．first met

C．struggle

D．full of

听力原文： We do not know when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3,000 years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to keep the dead from decaying.

Stealing salt was considered a crime during some periods of history. In the 18th century, for instance, if a person were caught stealing salt, he could be put in jail. History records that about ten thousand people were put in jail during that century for stealing salt! About 159 years before, in the year 1553, taking more than one's share of salt was punished as a crime. The offender's ear was cut off!

Salt was an important item on the table of a king. It was traditionally placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat, important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.

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A．To keep fish alive.

B．To punish criminals.

C．To preserve dead bodies.

D．To help heal wounds.

We were young men (when )we (first met )in London, poor, (struggle),

A B C

(full of )hope and ideas.

D

We (were) young men (when) we first (met) in London, poor, (struggle), full of hope and ideas.

A．were

B．when

C．met

D．struggle

Nobody knows when the idea(A) first appeared which(B) several men doing(C) the same kind of work could help themselves by forming a job protecting(D) group.