Вопрос:
Read the text and choose the right answer 25 – 32.
From the History of a Letter
It’s a fact that people have stopped writing letters. It is going out of date. Just imagine only a hundred years ago we looked forward to an envelope in our postbox. And it came to us in many trains, it flew through air, over the mountains and seas, it passed through the hands of many people. It is so simple to send emails today that people never remember that is was once a very difficult and special task.
In ancient times “letters” were brought by runners‐men who could run fast and far and the “letters” they carried were not written, but were told to the receiver. Postmen in those days had to have a good memory, and they had to be honest. This was especially important: the “letter” often had important secrets in it. It had to reach only the ears of the receiver and without any change in it. Nobody was allowed to stop post runners or to do anything against them.
Traditions connected with the postal service were different in different countries. In Mexico, for example, after a battle if the runner had on a white belt and his long hair was tied with a red ribbon it meant that the battle had been won; if he came from the battle field with his hair untied, he carried the news that the battle had been lost.
25 A hundred years ago people …
26 The letter traveled through the many … before it came to the addressee.
27 Postmen in ancient times had to have a good …
28 Postmen had to give secret information to …
29 What did a white belt and a red ribbon mean?
30 What did untied hair of the runner mean?
31 Writing letters is … occupation.
32 What is the story about?
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