Question

 Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!

Beautiful scenes of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.

The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.

1.We can see some silly pictures on the post cards.

2. Post cards were produced before sealed letters.

3.In 1861, the first decorated post card appeared.

4.Post cards were most popular during the early 1900s.

5.Stamps, coins and post cards are the most popular collections in the world.

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.A

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。介绍的是明信片的发展历程及在社会上的地位。

1. 由第一段可知在on a post card我们可以看到Beautiful scenes of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures，而不仅仅是silly pictures。

2.由. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.“在明信片之前，人们喜欢戴印章的信。”可知信早于明信片。

3.由第三段第一句话可知第一张被修饰的明信片于1861年现身于世。

4.根据第三段的倒数第三句可知在二十世纪初明信片是最受欢迎的。

5.根据最后一段的最后一句可知邮票、硬币和明信片是当今世界最受欢迎的收藏。