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
Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B
Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B
admin
2013-03-11
37
问题
Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B2】______. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a【B3】______short distance. Back in the 160Os, 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 【B4】______. Ferry service was so【B5】______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【B6】______because it had to be shared with other passengers. The post office was pretty【B7】______about some ways. In the 19th century, in the southwestern【B8】______, for instance, camels were brought in to help to get mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. (44)
We’ll stop here a minute so that you can enter this replica of a railway mail Car.【B10】______ .In fact, the United States transported most bulk of mail by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn’t start until 1918. Please take a few moments to 100k around. I hope you’ll enjoy your tour. And as you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic (集邮的)collection? 【B11】______.
【B11】
选项
答案
Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issued but there’s an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nQr7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Jean-Michaelwasapromisingyoungpianist.Butwhentheyoungmanplayed,itseemedtohimasifhishandswereiron.Heworrie
Thetouristindustryhasplayedapositiverolein____________(满足公众的文化需求),carryingforwardnationalcultureandachievingthes
______,manylawsofnatureactuallyexist.
A、Peoplecouldchoosetowatchwhattheywant.B、Peoplecouldbewell-informedstayingathome.C、Peoplecouldactuallyseethe
NaturalgasVehiclesKermittheFrogoncesaid,"It’snotthateasybeinggreen."Althoughhewasn’treferringtocars,hiso
NaturalgasVehiclesKermittheFrogoncesaid,"It’snotthateasybeinggreen."Althoughhewasn’treferringtocars,hiso
NaturalgasVehiclesKermittheFrogoncesaid,"It’snotthateasybeinggreen."Althoughhewasn’treferringtocars,hiso
NaturalgasVehiclesKermittheFrogoncesaid,"It’snotthateasybeinggreen."Althoughhewasn’treferringtocars,hiso
You’rebusyfillingouttheapplicationformforapositionyoureallyneed.Let’sassumeyouonceactuallycompletedacoupleo
随机试题
血液保存液ACD加入下列哪种物质可变为CPD
急性肾炎病人病情加重多在发病后
克服沟通障碍的途径包括()。
Thetruckshadnotbeeninspected,________thedriverstookthemoutanyway.
小红、小兰和小慧三姐妹,分别住在丰台区、通州区、朝阳区。小红与住在通州的姐妹年龄不一样大,小慧比住在朝阳的姐妹年龄小,而住在通州的姐妹比小兰年龄大。那么按照年龄从大到小,这三姐妹的排序是()。
当前我国人民币汇率制度的特点有()。
英国人泰特勒(A.F.Tytler)提出的翻译原则有哪三条?
政府禁止向海洋任何地方排放污物,理由是他们认为海洋的水流对污物的扩散将给人类造成危害。至于把污物倒入远离沿海的海洋底部是否会造成危害,这一点还不太清楚,所以禁令应该改为不许往沿海排放污物。以下各项如果为真,都能支持上述结论,除了:
求
Thegeneralaimsofgroupdiscussionsaremanifold.Themostimportantobjectiveistogivestudentsthechancetoaskquestions
最新回复
(
0
)