自编中考英语阅读测试卷.doc

初中英语阅读测试题 ( English Name: accuracy rate : ) Passage 1 When you send a letter 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 think of this idea? In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage 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 this 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 the 1805s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They 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(印记) on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get the postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters. 根据短文，选择最佳答案： 1. 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 2. Before stamps were used, the postage __________. A. was paid by the letter-writers B. was paid by the letter-receivers C. was got by postmen D. both B and C 3. Rowland Hill ____________. A. invented the first stamp B. was a postman in England C. gave the idea to use stamps D. was the first to use stamps 4. After stamps were used,___________. A. the postmen didn’t need to be sent to get the postage B. people didn’t need to pay the postage C. the post office could get more postage D. people should pay more postage 5. What is the main idea(主题) of the passage? A. How did stamps begin to be u