Greeting cards are an art everyone is familiar with. They carry a 1. suitable for a general occasion (場合) , such as a holiday,or for a special 2 occasion,such as a birthday,graduation,or marriage. They may 3 be sent simply to express friendship.

  People's need to 4and their desire(愿望) to be thoughtful have helped the growth of the custom of 5 greeting cards. The greeting card,like a gift,is always chosen for another — never 6 by the purchaser (購買者) .

    Greeting cards are available to 7most important holidays or  occasions.Christmas,Thanksgiving,Halloween,and other 8are among the holiday occasions for which special greeting cards are 9

    Another important side of the greeting card industry is known as the “everyday card” 一 greetings for nonseasonal use. The 10 of expressing one's feelings at a time of a friend's pain 11 the use of cheering “get well” cards in the case of 12 and of svmDathv cards in the case of death. Other year-round greeting card occasions 13 birthdays and weddings. The most popular year-round greetings,14 , are friendship cards,which often take the 15 of more than a cheery “hello,” a 16 wish instead of a face-to-face visit.

      Much of the 17 of greeting cards can be attributed to(歸因于) the fact that most people find it difficult to put their feelings into 18 . For this reason,because the basic purpose of a greeting card is to communicate,the 19 is all-important to its success; beauty of design may cause a card to be examined in a store,but the card will not be purchased 20 it says what the purchaser wants to say. In a few well-chosen words,greeting cards express the thoughts and emotions people often find difficult to say themselves.

1. A. promise   B. suggestion

   C. dream   D. message

2. A. lucky   B. personal

   C. familiar   D. suitable

3. A. only   B. ever   C. also   D. now

4. A. communicate   B. understand

   C. improve   D. compete

5. A. buying   B. making

   C. sending   D. receiving

6. A. written   B. kept   C. chosen   D. enjoyed

7. A. change   B. describe

   C. expect   D. mark

8. A. events   B. cards   C. seasons   D. wishes

9. A. different   B. powerful

   C. available   D. attractive

10. A. custom   B. difficulty

   C. pleasure   D. responsibility

11. A. led to   B. brought back

   C. came into   D. sped up

12. A. illness   B. failure

   C. anger   D. absence

13. A. provide   B. discuss    C. influence   D. include

14. A. besides   B. however    C. instead   D. then

15. A. chance   B. place      C. form   D. time

16. A. secret   B. sincere     C. spoken   D. printed

17. A. progress  B. explanation  C. examination   D. success

18. A. words   B. facts      C. action   D. pictures

19. A. manner   B. design     C. greeting   D. feeling

20. A. unless   B. when       C. though   D. because

1. D. 根據(jù)下文的介紹以及常識可知,賀卡本身,遞著“信息(message) ”。

2.B. 根據(jù)該空后的 such as a birthday,graduation,or marriage 可知,賀卡也遙 合特殊的“私人(personal) ”場合。此 處與上文中的a general occasion形成 對比。

3. C.上文提到賀卡的兩種用處:普通 場合和私人場合,此處講賀卡的第三 種用途:“還(also) ”可用來表達友誼。

4. A. 5. C.根據(jù)最后一段中的the basic purpose of a greeting card is to communicate 可知,“贈送(sending) ” 賀卡的風(fēng)俗和人們想“溝通交流 (communicate ) ”的愿望有關(guān)。

6. B.根據(jù)該空前的is always chosen for another畝知,賀卡是為人挑選 的,買賀卡的人從來不會自己“留著 (kept) ”賀卡。

7. D.根據(jù)該空后的most important holidays or occasions 可知,賀卡可以 用來“慶祝(mark) ”很多重要的節(jié)曰或時刻。

8. A.根據(jù)該空前的 Christmas,Thanksgiving,Halloween 可知, 這都是一些重 要“事件(events) ”。

9. C.根據(jù)上一句中的Greeting cards are available可知,在稂多節(jié)假日都有 賀卡“銷售(available) ”。

10. B.根據(jù)下文的 most people find it difficult to put their feelings into 可 知,人們發(fā)現(xiàn)很“難(difficulty) ”將自 己的感情表達出來。

11. A 人們很難表達自己的感情“促成 (led to) ”各種日常賀卡的使用。

12. A.根據(jù)該空后的 sympathy cards in the case of death可知,祈求身體康復(fù)的卡片是在別人“生病(illness) ”時使用的。

13. D.上文提到兩種日常使用的卡片 cheering “get well” cards 和 sympathy cards ,此處指日?ㄆ “包括(include) ”在生日和婚禮這樣的場合使用的賀卡。

14. B.雖然上文提到多種日常使用的賀卡,“然而(however)”用的最廣泛的還是友誼卡。

15. C.根據(jù)該空后的 more than a cheery “hello ,”可知,這是友誼卡上表達問候采取的一種“形式(form) ”。

16. D.根據(jù)上文中的friendship cards可知,既然是卡片,因此是一種“印刷出來的(printed) ”祝福。

17. D. 18. A.賀卡的“成功(success) ” 常歸因于人們發(fā)現(xiàn)很難將自己的感 情用“文字(words) ”表達出來。

19. C.根據(jù)下文中的it says what the purchaser wants to say 可知,由于賀 卡的初衷是要于人們交流,因此 “祝福語(greeting) ”非常重要。

20. A.根據(jù)but可知,“除非(unless) ”賀卡上說的話正好是購買者想說的,否則他們是不會購買賀卡的。

題目來源:2016年英語周報高一新課標(biāo) > 第43期2015-2016年高一新課標(biāo)

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