Question

【題目】 Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces—you can find them all in one place. Where? On a postcard! Have people always ______ postcards? No! Before postcards, people ______ sealed（密封的）letters.

The idea for the first decorated postcard ______ to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card ______ a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 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 divided-back（背面隔開的）postcard. Then people could write their ______ on the back left side. And they put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more interested in picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.

Today, postcards are the third most popular ______ 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.soldB.sentC.boughtD.made

【2】A.likedB.hatedC.foundD.lost

【3】A.turnedB.seenC.givenD.came

【4】A.aboveB.withC.underD.for

【5】A.noteB.wordC.addressD.letter

【6】A.legendB.miracleC.favouriteD.collection

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

本文主要介紹了明信片的發(fā)展史。

【1】句意：人們總是寄明信片嗎？

考查動詞辨析及語境。A. sold賣出；B. sent發(fā)送；寄；C. bought買；D. made使。send postcards表示“寄明信片”，符合句意。故選B。

【2】句意：在明信片之前，人們喜歡密封的信。

考查動詞辨析及語境。A. liked喜歡；B. hated恨；C. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. lost丟失。結(jié)合句意可知在使用明信片之前，人們喜歡用密封的信。故選A。

【3】句意：第一個裝飾名片的注意是1961年由John P. Charlton想到的。

考查動詞辨析及語境。A. turned轉(zhuǎn)向；變成；B. seen看到；C. given給出；D. came得出；相出。主語是The idea，come to sb.表示“（想法）進(jìn)入某人的腦海”。故選D。

【4】句意：他想到一個帶有裝飾的簡單卡片會是一個寄留言的好方法。

考查介詞辨析。A. above在……之上；B. with帶有；具有；under在……之下；D. for給；為了。with表示“帶有；具有”，在此處表示“帶有裝飾的簡單卡片”，復(fù)合句意。故選B。

【5】句意：然后人們能夠?qū)⑺麄兊牧粞詫懺诒趁娴淖髠?cè)。

考查名詞辨析及語境。A. note留言；B. word話；C. address地址；D. letter字母；信。此空與上文By law, people had to write their note on the front-on the picture!中write their note相對應(yīng)。故選A。

【6】句意：今天，明信片是郵票和錢幣之后世界上第三個流行的收藏。

考查名詞辨析及語境。A. legend傳奇；B. miracle奇跡；C. favourite最喜愛的（東西）；D. collection收藏。根據(jù)after stamps and coins可知郵票和錢幣很多用于收藏，而明信片成為第三受歡迎的收藏。故選D。