4.________

　　more doubtful origin,

　　5.________

　　some think it was taken from

　　6.________

　　early painting of Queen Elizabeth I.

　　Over the centuries, cards have been put to strange uses, some of

　　7.________

　　sound incredible nowadays. Playing璫ards,

　　for example, became the first paper money of Canada

　　8.________

　　the French governor, in 1685, employed cards to pay off some war debts. In 1765, the year of the Stamp Act, the University of Pennsylvania used cards for class admission. The students without cards were kept outside. The French Revolution was well­known for the fact

　　9.________

　　the quantity of food was

　　10.________

　　(extreme) in short supply. During that period, Napoleon ordered that people could get limited food according to how many cards a family had.

　　G

　　One of the many things we take for granted in the twentieth century is the speedy collection and delivery of letters to and from all parts of the world at

　　1.________

　　(astonish) cheap rates.

　　A husband away

　　2.________

　　a business trip can write home to his wife two thousand miles away knowing that the letter will reach 3.________

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