Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:

Before the (1)______ of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to (2)_ country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. Then the person in another country paid (3)_ that part of the trip. If a letter crossed several (4)_ , the problem was worse.
Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of a postage stamp with glue on the back. The British post office made the first (5) in 1840. They were the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue. A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter. The post office (6)__ the letter. When people (7)_ letters, they didn’t have to pay anything. The letters were paid. Postage stamps became universal in Great Britain immediately. Other countries started making their postage stamps very quickly. Today post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps. (8)_ stamps is one of the cheapest hobbies in the world, and every stamp (9) knows (10)___ the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue.

1. A. invention B. arrival C. transmission D. delivery
2. A. other B. the other C. another D. others
3. A. to B. for C. with D. about
4. A. cities B. post offices C. people D. countries
5. A. envelopes B. parcels C. stamps D. postcards
6. A. transmitted B. delivered C. subscribed D. received
7. A. sent B. faxed C. delivered D. received
8. A. Delivering B. Collecting C. Selling D. Buying
9. A. collecting B. collector C. collection D. collected
10. A. about B. of C. on D. to

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D

6. B 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. C

1. A 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C

6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. B

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C

6. B 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. A

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D

6. A 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. A

Đáp án và lời giải

Đáp án:C

Lời giải:

1. invention 2. another 3. for 4. countries 5. stamps

6. delivered 7. received 8. Collecting 9. collector 10. about

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