in a few days. His special airletter may cost him less than a loaf of bread 4.________ his own bus fare to work.

　　This service, however, is a favour of comparatively recent origin. Until modern times, the cost of sending letters privately was so great that the 5.________

　　(arrive) of a letter was a considerable event and might even cost financial hardship to the receiver

　　6.________

　　had to bear the charges.

　　7.________

　　the Middle Ages on，there were indeed special messengers

　　________

　　(carry) state correspondence, and other messengers employed to travel with between the great monasteries or the great merchants' houses, but for centuries there was no official post service by which private letters could be sent. It was not until 1840

　　9.________

　　the official organization known as the Penny Post 10.________ (establish) in Great Britain and gave ordinary people cheap and efficient postal deliveries.

　　H

　　The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival 1.________

　　(mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.________

　　(situate) in the present­day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period(战国时期). He was upright, loyal and highly respected.

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