Question

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 (装饰的) 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 (背面隔开的) 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.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】本文主要介绍了明信片的发展史。

1.由后文“on a postcard”可知：是询问在哪里能够找到这些山脉、森林等。

2.由前后文内容可知：以前人们喜欢用密封的信件。

3.由文意可知：首次想出装饰卡片主意的是John。

4.a simple card with a border 带有饰边的简单卡片。

5.由文意可知：带有图画的卡片是19世纪后期出现的。

6.由前后文内容可知：那时卡片的背面仅仅是用来写地址。

7.随着卡片的发展，到后来人们可在卡片的左侧写留言了，故选A。

8.由上文内容可知：左侧写留言，那么右侧可以写地址。

9.由后文“In 1908, Americans...postcard”可推知：人们对图画卡片很感兴趣了。

10.由文中的“stamps and coins”可知：是第三个最受欢迎的收藏品。