G, страница 7 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс (starlight) контрольные задания Баранова, Дули

G Read the text. For gaps 1-7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each gap correctly.

Today, it is quite a simple matter to send a letter or postcard almost anywhere in the world. You write a letter, put it into an addressed envelope, make sure that you have 1) ........ on the correct stamp and pop it into a letter box. A day or so later, you can be reasonably certain that your correspondence will have reached its 2) ......... .

This is all very different to what the situation was like before the postal reforms that Sir Rowland Hill introduced in Great Britain in 1840. Before that time, it was not the sender of the letter who paid the postage, but the receiver, and the 3) ........ he or she had to pay depended on how many pages were in the letter and how far it had travelled.

This system was slow, complicated, and very inefficient. The postal services 4) ........ a lot of money because anybody receiving a letter could simply refuse to accept the delivery if they thought they were being asked to pay too much money for it.

Hill was not alone in recognising the need to modernise the postal services, but it was his ideas that the government of the time accepted and in May, 1840 the world's first pre-paid postage stamp, the 'Penny Black', went on 5) ......... . The stamp was very simple in design with the profile of Queen Victoria against a black background. Above and below the Queen's face were the words 'One Penny'.

These were the only words on the stamp because, at that time, no other country was producing pre-paid postage stamps and so it was probably assumed that everyone would know where they came from! This situation changed rapidly as other countries 6) ......... up the idea.

Within thirty years, most countries had their own postage stamps and they all carried the name of the country to show their origin, except British stamps. To this day, British stamps remain 7) ......... as they still do not carry any words to show that they are British.

G Прочитайте текст. Для пропусков 1-7 выберите A, B, C или D, чтобы правильно заполнить каждый пропуск.

Ответ:

1. The correct option is A. adhered.
Translation: Правильный вариант - A. приклеен.

2. The correct option is D. destination.
Translation: Правильный вариант - D. пункт назначения.

3. The correct option is A. amount.
Translation: Правильный вариант - A. сумма.

4. The correct option is C. lost.
Translation: Правильный вариант - C. теряли.

5. The correct option is A. sale.
Translation: Правильный вариант - A. продажу.

6. The correct option is C. took.
Translation: Правильный вариант - C. переняли.

7. The correct option is D. unique.
Translation: Правильный вариант - D. уникальны.