There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.
In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers.. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.
What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on lo- cal customs and ways of life because toys im
A. boys and girls are ready to play the roles and take responsibilities
B. the boys’ hobby of toys is not same as the girls’
C. . the adults in ancient society didn’t allow boys and girls to play together
D. girls will feel shy when playing with boys
A credit card is a (36) of identification (37) which the owner may obtain consumer credit for the (38) of goods or services (39) than pay cash. At the time of sale he (40) his card to his seller, (41) records the purchaser’s name and account number (42) with the price of the purchase. Records are sent to a (43) billing office that calculates the total price of purchase (44) by the card owner during the business month and sends him a (45) .The purchaser returns his personal check, (46) all or part of the total, to the central office, which allocates the money to the (47) entitled to it.
The credit card, an American innovation, first gained national (48) in 1938 (49) oil companies selling gasoline to (50) set up a national pool to honor each other’s cards. Rapid growth, (51) , was not possible (52) the mid-1950’s,when the development of e
A. urged
B. created
C. permitted
D. provided
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