In the past, people didn't use stamps. They had to pay money when they received letters. Rowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England was the first ___1___ using stamps. He thought it ___2___ much easier for people to use ___3___. They could go to the nearby ___4___ to buy stamps and put them on envelopes(信封) ___5___ they ___6___ letters. The post office only put seals(印章) ___7___ the stamps so that people could not use the stamps ___8___. In this way, the post office ___9___ send postmen to collect(收) money. It only needed ___10___ postmen to deliver(投递) letters. The government finally accepted(接受) the good idea. ( )1. A. to think B. thinking C. to think of D. think about ( )2. A. could be B. will be C. is D. was ( )3. A. a stamp B. stamps C. stamp D. stamps ( )4. A. a shop B. school C. village D. post office ( )5. A. after B. before C. in D. with ( )6. A. sent B. send C. to send D. sended ( )7. A. in B. over C. on D. above ( )8. A. again B. too C. either D. also
( )9. A. need not to B. didn't need to C. needed not to D. didn't need ( )10. A. few B. fewer C. many D. much
Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he 1 a wallet（钱包）. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his 2 to the boy. As the boy had no job（工作）, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his 3 Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were 4 with him. Mr. Baker loved planting 5 The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the 6 himself and watered them every day. Several days 7 , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, \"Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal（偷）them.\" \"Don't 8 about them, sir.\" answered Billy, \"I'll try my best to watch them.\" Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked,\" 9 anyone ever come to steal the trees? \" \"No, sir.\" said Billy, \"To stop someone from stealing the trees, I 10 them up six days ago. I have hidden（藏）them for almost a week !\" 1. A. found B. bought C. carried
D. wanted
2. A. wallet B. pity C. thanks D. excuses 3. A. factory B. office C. town D. home 4. A. pleased B. angry C. strict D. popular 5. A. flowers B. grass C. vegetables D. trees 6. A. garden
B. office
C. city D. room
7. A. ago B. later 8. A. think B. talk
C. before D. after C. learn D. worry
9. A. Did B. Does C. Has D. Will
10. A. sent B. pulled C. put D. picked B
No, 4 Middle School Kunming, Yunnan April 2nd, 2003 Dear editor（编辑）,
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks （孔雀）here.
The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square（广场）. They are given food freely by visitors. They usually throw food to them, and don't think about at all whether the food is right or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.
I'm sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds, but don't realize（意识到）that they may be doing them harm（伤害）.
The visitors should be told that what they have done is very harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it's our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours, Sun Yan 16. Many visitors come to the writer's city to________. A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks C. play on Dongfeng Square A. didn't give them any food
D. eat nice food
B. gave them too much food
17. Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors________. C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them 18. Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may________. A. sell food for visitors
B. sell food for peacocks
C. make the square more beautiful D. have the beautiful birds 19. From the passage we know people should________. A. live and play with the birds B. stop the birds from eating too much C. give right food to the birds D. give more food to the birds
20. We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan, may be a________. A. visitor C. square keeper
B. shopkeeper D. student