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Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place.  46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47  sealed (密封的) letters.

The  48  for the first decorated (裝飾的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49  a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them  50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was  51  for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔開的) postcard. Then people could write their  52  on the back left side. And they put the address  53  . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more  54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.

Today, postcards are the  55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

1.A. How       B. When        C. Why       D. Where

2.A. liked       B. hated        C. found       D. lost

3.A. advice      B. picture       C. idea        D. card

4.A. above      B. with          C. under      D. for

5.A. happened   B. changed       C. ended      D. appeared

6.A. even       B. only          C. still        D. ever

7.A. note        B. word         C. address     D. letter

8.A. on the front  B. on the back    C. on the left   D. on the right

9.A. surprised at  B. interested in   C. expected by  D. worried about

10.A. first        B. second       C. third        D. fourth

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】【文章大意】本文主要介紹了明信片的發(fā)展史。

1.由后文“on a postcard”可知：是詢問在哪里能夠找到這些山脈、森林等。

2.由前后文內(nèi)容可知：以前人們喜歡用密封的信件。

3.由文意可知：首次想出裝飾卡片主意的是John。

4.a simple card with a border 帶有飾邊的簡單卡片。

5.由文意可知：帶有圖畫的卡片是19世紀后期出現(xiàn)的。

6.由前后文內(nèi)容可知：那時卡片的背面僅僅是用來寫地址。

7.隨著卡片的發(fā)展，到后來人們可在卡片的左側(cè)寫留言了，故選A。

8.由上文內(nèi)容可知：左側(cè)寫留言，那么右側(cè)可以寫地址。

9.由后文“In 1908, Americans...postcard”可推知：人們對圖畫卡片很感興趣了。

10.由文中的“stamps and coins”可知：是第三個最受歡迎的收藏品。