Question

根据上下文，在空白处填正确的内容，使短文意思完整语句连贯。

     When you __1__ (发信) 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 __2__ (想到) this idea?
     In the early __3__ 十九世纪), people didn't use stamps. They had to pay postage when they
 __4__ (收到) it. Sometimes they didn't want to receive a letter__5__ (根本不) but they had to pay
 money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high __6__ (在那时), 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 the 1850s.
 He thought it would be __7__ （容易得多) for people to use the stamps. They could to the post office
  to buy stamps and __8__ （把它们贴在……上) the envelops before they sent the letter. The post
 office could just put marks on the stamps __9__ (以便) people could not use the stamps again.
 __10__ （用这种方法) the post office did not need to send postman to get postage. It only needed
  fewer postman to send letters.

Answer 1

1. send a letter  2. think of/ come up with  3. nineteenth century   4. got / received   5. at all
6. at that time 7. much easier  8. stick them on/put them on  9. so that / in order that  10. in this way
2，4，8和9小题答案不唯一