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.
小題1:
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
小題2:
A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)dvice B．picture C．idea D．card
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)bove B．with C．under D．for
小題5:
A．happened B．changed C．ended D．a(chǎn)ppeared
小題6:
A．even B．only C．still D．ever
小題7:
A．note B．word C．a(chǎn)ddress D．letter
小題8:
A．on the frontB．on the back C．on the left D．on the right
小題9:
A．surprised atB．interested in C．expected by D．worried about
小題10:
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth

小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:C
【文章大意】本文主要介紹了明信片的發(fā)展史。
小題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。
小題1:由前后文內(nèi)容可知：以前人們喜歡用密封的信件。
小題1:由文意可知：首次想出裝飾卡片主意的是John。
小題1:a simple card with a border 帶有飾邊的簡單卡片。
小題1:由文意可知：帶有圖畫的卡片是19世紀(jì)后期出現(xiàn)的。
小題1:由前后文內(nèi)容可知：那時卡片的背面僅僅是用來寫地址。
小題1: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。
小題1:由上文內(nèi)容可知：左側(cè)寫留言，那么右側(cè)可以寫地址。
小題1:由后文“In 1908, Americans...postcard”可推知：人們對圖畫卡片很感興趣了。
小題1:由文中的“stamps and coins”可知：是第三個最受歡迎的收藏品。
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