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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 (装饰的) 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 (背面隔开的) 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.

46. A. How　　 B. When　　　 C. Why　　　 D. Where

47. A. liked　　　 B. hated　　　 C. found　　　 D. lost

48. A. advice　　 B. picture　　　 C. idea　　　 D. card

49. A. above　　 B. with　　　　 C. under　　 D. for

50. A. happened　 B. changed　　　 C. ended 　　D. appeared

51. A. even　　　 B. only　　　　 C. still　　　 D. ever

52. A. note　　　 B. word　　　　 C. address　　 D. letter

53. A. on the front B. on the back　 C. on the left　 D. on the right

54. A. surprised at B. interested in　 C. expected by D. worried about

55. A. first　　　 B. second　　　 C. third　　　 D. fourth

【文章大意】本文主要介绍了明信片的发展史。

46.D【解析】由后文“on a postcard”可知：是询问在哪里能够找到这些山脉、森林等。

47.A【解析】由前后文内容可知：以前人们喜欢用密封的信件。

48.C【解析】由文意可知：首次想出装饰卡片主意的是John。

49.B【解析】a simple card with a border 带有饰边的简单卡片。

50.D【解析】由文意可知：带有图画的卡片是19世纪后期出现的。

51.B【解析】由前后文内容可知：那时卡片的背面仅仅是用来写地址。

52.A【解析】随着卡片的发展，到后来人们可在卡片的左侧写留言了，故选A。

53.D【解析】由上文内容可知：左侧写留言，那么右侧可以写地址。

54.B【解析】由后文“In 1908, Americans...postcard”可推知：人们对图画卡片很感兴趣了。

55.C【解析】由文中的“stamps and coins”可知：是第三个最受欢迎的收藏品。

练习册系列答案

This is _______ picture I have told you about. Isn’t it _______ beautiful one ?

This is ____ song I told you about yesterday. Isn’t it _______ beautiful one?

阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。(10分)
I am Mary. Today is Sunday．It’s my birthday．There is a birthday party in my home．There are some drinks，food，fruit and flowers on the table．There is a big birthday cake，t00．My friends come to my party. They have a lot of presents for me —hair clips，CDs，cards，toys and comic books．
My uncle comes to my party．He buys me some chocolates．They are my favourite My father and mother buy me a new camera．We take some beautiful photos．We sit on the sofa．listen to music and chat with each other．
At last,all of them walk to me and sing’Happy birthday’to me. Then they share the big cake with me. I have a happy birthday．My family and my friends have a good time．
1．Mary’s birthday is on Saturday
2 Mary’s uncle has a camera for her．
3．Mary likes chocolates very much．
4．Only Mary’s friends come to the birthday party．
5．Mary has many birthday presents．

“Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs. Brown said to her husband.
“That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”
“Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said.
The next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,” Mr. Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”
After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter again. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy.” The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.
【小题1】From the reading we learn that _______.

A．the Browns have never had a pet before.

B．the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper.

C．Shadow is a small and healthy dog.

D．Mr Brown didn’t quite agree with his wife.

【小题2】The word shelter in the reading means _______.

A．a place to sell small dogs

B．a place to keep homeless animals

C．a place to study animals

D．a place to sell books on pet care

【小题3】Mr Snow asked the Browns some questions to _______.

A．see if they had moved to a new house

B．find out how rich the Browns were