首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What is the talk mainly about?
What is the talk mainly about?
admin
2016-03-05
44
问题
What is the talk mainly about?
Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and 1ook at some of the actual vehicles that had played a prominent role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. Back in the 1600s, it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. Ferry service was so irregular that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland there was always a stagecoach. But the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. In the 19th century in the southwestern desert, for example, camels were brought in to help to get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the disagreeable temper of these animals. It was during the age of the iron horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk of mails by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn’t start until 1918. As you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic collection? Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issued but also you would notice that there’s an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made.
选项
A、Models of the first airplanes used for mail delivery.
B、Replicas of railway mail cars.
C、Historical stamps.
D、Engravings of nineteenth-century railroad scenes.
答案
C
解析
细节题。文章最后提到有个集邮展,展出了一些十分罕见的邮票,并还有关于邮票是如何制成的信息。故C项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1ZWK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Whatisthenewitemmainlyabout?
Accordingtothenews,whoamongthefollowingwereNOTinvolvedinselectingthenewsymbol?
Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?
Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?
Thenewsismainlyabout
Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
Thispassagetalksmainlyabout
Thenewsitemismainlyaboutaclashbetween
随机试题
一般说来,涉外合同的效力依当事人协议选择的法律作为准据法,但“意思自治”原则也受到一些限制。根据我国《合同法》第126条和《民法通则》第145条的规定,一方面,我国将意思自治原则作为确定涉外合同准据法的首要原则,另一方面又规定了中外合资经营企业合同、中外合
社会主义农村建设的中心环节是()
上颌连模铸造中腭杆通常应位于
风湿性心脏病二尖瓣狭窄随右心衰竭加重,下列哪项表现会减轻()
能够同时测出角度和距离的仪器是()。
应付账款是指企业因购买材料、商品和存入保证金等形成的应付给供应单位的款项。()
下列外商投资企业中,享受“五免五减半”优惠有()。
在双链表中p所指的结点之前插入一个结点q的操作为()。
A、B、C、D、D
Thephrase"theword"inthefirstlineofthepassagerefersto______.Whatpercentageoftheearth’swatercanmanactually
最新回复
(
0
)