[单项选择]When did the term lobbyist become popular（　）.
A. In the early to mid 18th century.
B. In the early to mid 19th century.
C. In the early 19th century.
D. In the early 18th century.

[填空题]When did Washington become the first president of the U.S.A.
He became the first president of the U.S.A. （） .

[单项选择]When did he become President of the United States
[A] 1809.
[B] 1832.
[C] 1860.

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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. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. 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.

Who paid for the mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps （）
A. The British government.
B. The individual post offices.
C. Either the sender or the receiver of a letter.
D. The local government.

[填空题]When did they gradually become friendly again
After both of them （）.

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W: Dr Huber, when did you first become interested in physics and music
M: I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in physics. When I was a child, I was very curious about the world around me. For example, I always wondered why light behaves the way it does. I found it more fun to play with a prism than to play with the kids in the neighborhood. I wasn’t very social, but I was really into figuring out how things worked. I got my own telescope when I was eight years old, and I loved to take it out at night and go star gazing. I would look at the planets and stars and wonder what was out there. When I was ten, my father bought me a book on the universe, and I just ate it up. In fact, I still have that book right here in my office.
It was the same with music. I’ve always had a natural ear for music, perfect pitch. Even as a young child, if I heard a song on the radio, I could go right to the piano and play it. When I heard a sound like

[单项选择]When did Mr. Kabila become the head of the state
A. In January.
B. 3 years ago.
C. In December.
D. On this Thursday.

[单项选择]When did three meals a day become a widely-accepted norm at all levels of society
A. By the seventeenth century
B. By the seventh century
C. By the end of last century
D. In the Middle Ages

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When did they gradually become friendly again After both of them ______.

[单项选择]When did Miss Green become a swimming star
A. At the age of 15.
B. At the age of 20.
C. At the age of 18.
D. At the age of 16.

[简答题]“E-commerce” seems to have become a term known to everyone in every household over a night and is discussed frequently by people of different walks, from government officials to common folks. Yet no one intends to dig into the problem of whether the term means commerce under an electronic environment, or electronics associated with commerce, or it has the attributes(特点)of both of them. The mass media spare no pains to publicize(宣传)it. No doubt, e-commerce has become an inevitable trend, and will have deep impacts on many industrial sectors(行业).