阅读理解。
Japanese people,who never miss a chance to be photographed,were lining up to get their
pictures on a postage stamp．Vanity(虚荣)stamps with personal photographs went on sale
for the first time in Japan as part of an international postage stamp exhibition．The customer's
photo was taken with a digital camera and then printed on stamp sheets,a process that takes
about five minutes．Sold in a sheet of 10 stamps for $8．80,little more than the cost of lunch
in Tokyo,each stamp printed a different scene from a traditional painting along with the photo．
The stamps can be used normally to mail a letter,and postal officials hope they will help
encourage interest in letter writing in the Internet age．"Certainly e-mail is a useful method of
communication,but letters are fun in a different way,"said Hatsumi Shimizu an official in the Post
Ministry．"We want to show young people that letters can be fun too．"
While similar stamp sheets appeared in Australia in 1999 and are now sold in some nations
and territories, Japan's fondness for commemorative photos is likely to make them especially
popular here．Indeed,officials had prepared 1 000 sheets but they were sold out in less than
30 minutes．Although the stamps are currently only available as a special service during the
exhibition,postal officials said they may start selling them on a regular basis in the future．
1．The best title of this passage might be______．
A．Never Miss a Chance to be Photographed
B．Your Own Face on a Postage Stamp
C．First Japanese Postage Stamps with a Photo
D．Letters are as Fun as E-mails
2．By saying"little more than the cost of lunch in Tokyo",the author really means______．
A．this service is not very expensive
B.the cost of this service is very high
C．food in Tokyo is very dear
D．$8．80 is a very small amount of money
3．The purpose of this activity is______．
A．to make the international postage stamp exhibition more interesting
B．to make more stamps for normal use
C．to draw interest in writing letters
D．to satisfy Japan's fondness of commemorative photos
4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Japanese people like to take photos．
B．This kind of stamps must be used to mail letters．
C．Japanese people can get this kind of stamps easily after the stamp exhibition．
D．This service is more popular in Japan than in other places．
