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阅读理解 The Currier and Ives printing house was founded by National Currier in 1834．James Ives joined the printing house as an assistant eighteen years just after marrying Currier's sister, and became one of the owners in 1957．The pair showed an unusual ability to tell what the American public would rush to buy in the way of cheap rt, and actually hundreds of thousands of prints from as many as 7,000 different pictures were turned out and sold from the printing house's shop in lower New York by street sellers and over shop counters throughout the country and even in Europe．Though in the course of time Currier and Ives hired some of American finest artists, art value could certainly not be counted among the printing house's real aims．Some time ater it went out of bustness in 1907; the prints enjoyed new popularity as some people's collection, and the rare examples brought thousands of dollars in the 1920s． (1) Ives became one of the owners ________． [　　] A． as soon as he married Currier's sister B． when he could tell American taste in cheap art better than Currier C． after eighteen years of service to printing house D． when he had worked for the printing house for about five years (2) What seemed to make the printing so successful was ________． [　　] A． its feeling for what the public would buy B． its choice of shop situation in lower New York C． the face that it published prints that interested collectors D． its decision to hire some of great American artists (3) From the passage we may conclude that ________． [　　] A． during its whole history the printing house sold 7, 000 prints B． the printing house's prints were also popular in Europe C． the number of prints from each picture was fewer than 7, 000 D． street sellers were the printing house's most efficient sales force (4) After the printing house stopped producing prints, ________ became most valuable to collectors． [　　] A． the ones by the best artists B． the ones produced earliest C． the ones of which fewest continued to exist D． the ones which were most popular in the beginning (5) According to the passage, the Currier and Ives printing house existed for about ________． [　　] A． 73 years B． 85 years C． 50 years D． 15 years

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．C;5．A;
解析：

(1)	本题为推理判断题。同学们从涉及该出版社时间的句子中找信息，相互联系，合理推导。由文章的前三句可得出答案D。
(4)	本题为寓意考查题。由短文的最后一句话可知，极少数稀罕的出版样品价值很高，从而得出答案C。

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(2)	本题为细节理解题。由文章的第二句可推知出版社成功的原因就在于他们了解人们会买什么。
(3)	本题为寓意考查题。这就要求同学们应理解作者的话外音。从文中“…and actually hundreds of thousands of prints…and sold from the printing houses shop inlower New York by street sellers and over shop counters throughout the country and even in Europe．” 　　可以推断出他们的出版物在欧洲就如同在美国一样受欢迎。
(5)	本题为推理判断题。从文中所交代的The Currier and Ives printing house的成立的时间(1834年)、停止的时间(1907年)，就可以推断出该出版社存在了73年。