SBxam Preparation EXAM PRACTICE d the text and answer the questions that follow. Postcards Round the World hare somethi and where of a global co ard with a personal mes 1 to you from a stranger who lives | aps not even heard of With. Sstcrossing, you can have that maulo Magalhaes came up with th iderstood that people like feli cards and his pleasure in rece! the world a way to communi Je idea for Postcrossing several years ago, when he was a student. Magalha ed to others, He also knew that many people shared his love of ng real post, So, he decided to create a website that would give people around te ofline, through postcards. He launched the site in the summer of 2005, and it become increasingly popular. By late 2013, nearly halfa million “Postcrossers” from 162 countries had s xe than 20 million postcards : Postcrossing is easy to use. You simply sign up on the website, provide y il and postal addresses, create a fileand submit request tO send posteards—up to five co start with, The sic will chen give you other members’ | ind receiving postcards. The official language of Postcrossing is English, but if you and your recipients have another language in common, Bu can use that. You can waite just about anything on your postcard. You may want co describe life in your town: $F country, or mention what you're studying. You could also write about your. favourite foods, hobbies or music, or you be well-mannered | | tion — and the rule d | Tes free to join (although, of course, you'll have to buy postcards and | ish and meet people from around the globe! | ae 3 Answer the questions. 1 What personal reasons inspired Paulo Magalhaes to create Postorossing? 2, What are the costs involved in Postcrossing? A Find words or expressions in the toxt that mean: 1, someone you don't know (paragraph il) . thought of (paragraph I)