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【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The “Penny Black”, the first postage stamp issued in Britain and, more importantly, the first postage stamp issued anywhere, 【1】 the image of Queen Victoria, but the first British postal service didn’t originate in Victoria England. In 1860, William Dockwra started a public service that 【2】 the quick delivery of a letter anywhere in London. His system was quickly 【3】 with Dockwra in charge. It was far from a perfect system, 【4】 with seemingly improper charges that made it unreasonably expensive to send a letter. Worse still, recipients were expected to pay. As you might imagine, this 【5】 some problems—either people weren’t home or flat—out refused to pay. The system just didn’t work, but it remained in place for far too long.

About 50 years later, to do better, Rolland Hill argued for putting an end to the postal charges and replacing them with a single national rate of one penny, which would be paid by the sender. When the post office ignored Hill’s ideas, he self-published his essay and it quickly gained 【6】 among the public. Hill was then ordered by Postmaster General Lord Lichfield to discuss postal reform and ,during their subsequent meetings, the two men conceived of a gluy 【7】 that could be applied to the envelops to indicate payment. Though it had gained support with the public who longed for a affordably way to connect with distant friends and family, officials were still not convinced. Thankfully, Hill was far from alone in his passion for reform. He eventually earned enough support from other like-minded individuals to convince Parliament to 【8】 his system.

In 1839, Hill held a competition to design all the postal facility. The winning stamp 【9】 describing the young queen’s profile came from one William Wyon, who based the design on a medal he created to celebrate his first visit to London.

The“Penny Black”stamp went on sale on May 1, 1840. It was an immediate 【10】 Suddenly, the country seemed a lot smaller. The penny black’s design was so well received that it remained in use for forty year.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】F

【3】J

【4】C

【5】G

【6】K

【7】A

【8】E

【9】I

【10】H

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章記述了世界上第一張郵票的誕生及其歷史背景。

【1】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：更重要的是，在各個(gè)地方發(fā)行的第一張郵票，帶有維多利亞女王的頭像。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，主語(yǔ)是the first postage stamp，賓語(yǔ)是the image of Queen Victoria，缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，bear有“帶有（標(biāo)記、特征）”的意思，符合句意。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：1860年，William Dockwra開(kāi)始一項(xiàng)公共服務(wù)，保證信件在倫敦任何地方都能迅速送達(dá)。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，在定語(yǔ)從句中缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，結(jié)合先行詞service要解釋服務(wù)的內(nèi)容，guarantee“保證，擔(dān)保”更加符合文意。故選F項(xiàng)。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：他的系統(tǒng)迅速在全國(guó)普及，由他來(lái)全權(quán)掌管。從文段中對(duì)郵政系統(tǒng)發(fā)展歷程的描述中不難猜測(cè)，這里要表達(dá)Dockwra的系統(tǒng)有了進(jìn)一步的發(fā)展，也就是從倫敦發(fā)展到了全國(guó)范圍。故填J項(xiàng)。

【4】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：這還遠(yuǎn)非一個(gè)完美的系統(tǒng)，受限于看起來(lái)不太合理的價(jià)格，使得送一封信的價(jià)格貴得沒(méi)道理。分析句意可知，后句提及的價(jià)格因素造成了當(dāng)前系統(tǒng)的不完善，burden意為“加負(fù)擔(dān)于……，使負(fù)重?fù)?dān)”，符合文意。故C項(xiàng)。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：正如你可能想象的，這會(huì)出現(xiàn)一些問(wèn)題——有的人不在家或者比較直率都會(huì)拒絕付款。前文提到收信人還要付收信款，從而導(dǎo)致了下文的問(wèn)題。present意為“使發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)”配合賓語(yǔ)some problems是最合適的。故選G項(xiàng)。

【6】考查固定短語(yǔ)。句意：郵政官方?jīng)]有理睬Hill的想法，他就自己作出了嘗試，并快速在人們中普及。分析句意可知，Hill的主意沒(méi)有得到官方重視，他出版了自己的方案，也確實(shí)有很好的反響，gain ground意為“取得發(fā)展，普及”，符合文意。故選K項(xiàng)。

【7】考查名詞。句意：兩個(gè)人設(shè)想了一種有粘性的標(biāo)簽，可以貼在信封上代表郵資。結(jié)合上下文不難理解，這里就是對(duì)郵票雛形的描述，即信封上的一個(gè)標(biāo)簽。故選A項(xiàng)。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：他最終從那些有類(lèi)似想法的人那里獲得了足夠的支持，使議會(huì)同意了施行他的系統(tǒng)。這里敘述郵票系統(tǒng)發(fā)展的波折過(guò)程，最終議會(huì)被說(shuō)服，下一步就應(yīng)該使用這套系統(tǒng)了。implement意為“實(shí)施，實(shí)現(xiàn)”，符合文意。故選E項(xiàng)。

【9】考查名詞。句意：勝出的郵票作品上繪有年輕女王的肖像，出自一位William Wyon之手。Hill為郵票形象安排了一次設(shè)計(jì)比賽，最后有一個(gè)作品勝出了，entry意為“參賽作品”，符合文意。故選I項(xiàng)。

【10】考查名詞。句意：它馬上就流通起來(lái)。聯(lián)系上下文，郵票一經(jīng)發(fā)行，整個(gè)國(guó)家似乎都變小了，意味著很多人都用上了郵票寄信，hit有一個(gè)非正式含義“面市并產(chǎn)生影響”，符合文意。故選H項(xiàng)。