Question

【題目】 Want to say “hello” to the persons you love? Send a postcard! Beautiful scenes, wild animals, silly pictures—you can find them all in one place. Where? On a postcard.

Have people always sent postcards? No. Before postcards, people liked to send sealed (密封的) letters. The idea for the first decorated postcard appeared in 1861. Sending a simple postcard with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the early days, postcards with pictures appeared. According to the law, people had to write their notes on the front—on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back postcard. Then people could write their notes on the back left side and put the address on the right, the front is for pictures. During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, picture postcards became popular around the world. In 1908, Americans alone sent over 677 million postcards. Today, postcards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. And more and more people send emails to their loved ones on Internet.

【1】People use ________ to say “hello” to the persons they love, before postcards came into their daily life.

A.picturesB.postcardsC.sealed lettersD.books

【2】People wrote their notes ________ before England allowed a divided-back postcard.

A.on the top of the postcardB.on the back left side of the postcard

C.on the back right side of the postcardD.on the front of the postcard

【3】_______ is the right order when people send messages in the history according to the passage.

A.Sealed letters—postcards—emailsB.Postcards—emails—sealed letters

C.Sealed letters—emails—postcardsD.Emails—Sealed letters—postcards

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇說明文，介紹的是明信片的發(fā)展歷程及在社會上的地位。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Before postcards, people liked to send sealed letters.可知，在明信片進(jìn)入人們的日常生活之前，人們用密封的信件向他們所愛的人問好；故答案為C。

【2】推理判斷題。According to the law, people had to write their notes on the front—on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back postcard. 根據(jù)法律規(guī)定，人們必須在圖片的正面寫上他們的便簽!背面只寫了地址。幾年后，英國允許了明信片的分封。由此可知在英國允許使用分封明信片之前，人們在明信片的正面寫上自己的便簽，故答案為D。

【3】閱讀排序題。根據(jù)Before postcards, people liked to send sealed letters. 在明信片出現(xiàn)之前，人們喜歡寄密封的信件。以及Today, postcards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. And more and more people send emails to their loved ones on Internet. 如今，明信片是世界上第三大最受歡迎的收藏品，僅次于郵票和硬幣。越來越多的人通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給他們的親人發(fā)送電子郵件。由此可知，在歷史上人們發(fā)送信息的正確順序是：密封的信件、明信片、電子郵件，故答案為A。