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  3. [originaltext]W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?M: Oh, wh

[originaltext]W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?M: Oh, wh

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W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. (9) You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really? I didn’t know that. (10) I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge?
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
Q9: When were the first postage stamps issued?
Q10: Who paid for the mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps?
选项 A、In 1840.
B、In 1820.
C、In l804.
D、In l890.
答案 A
解析 对话中男士说“You know，the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840”，故选A。
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