Greeting cards are an art everyone is familiar with. They carry a 1. suitable for a general occasion (场合) , 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 (购买者) .

    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(归因于) 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

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