Question

In Britain in the 1890s there was a postcard “craze(熱潮)”. People formed clubs and collected and exchanged postcards. Even Queen Victoria had her own private collection.

When Edward was the king, the British had a cheap and good postal system. If anyone wanted to tell a friend that they were coming for tea in the afternoon, they would send a postcard in the morning. “Drop me a card” was as common then as “give me a ring” as now.

In 1902 an important step was taken. The government said that half of the side that was used for the address on the postcard could be used for messages, and the whole of the other side could be used for a picture. It was then that the simple postcard, as we know now, was created.

1.In Britain in the 1890s, _______.

A. people were interested in sending cards

B. people were interested in playing cards

C. people were interested in collecting postcards

D. people were interested in buying postcards

2.Which statement is TRUE?

A. Postcards were not used in the 19th century.

B. It was not until 1902 that the simple postcard as we know was created.

C. Postcards were used only for collection in the 1890s.

D. There was no message on the old postcard.

3.Choose the best title for the passage.

A. Postcards Old and New

B. Postcard Clubs in the 1890s

C. Creation of the Present Postcard

D. Postal System in Britain

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：在十九世紀(jì)九十年代的英國，人們熱衷于收集和互相郵寄卡片，人們郵寄卡片就像我們現(xiàn)在打電話一樣普遍。到了二十世紀(jì)初，政府對卡片進行了規(guī)范，一面用于寫信息，另一面附上一張圖畫。這就是現(xiàn)在我們所知道的簡易賀卡。

1.In Britain in the 1890s there was a postcard “craze(熱潮)”. People formed clubs and collected and exchanged postcards.”可知，在十九世紀(jì)九十年代的英國有一股卡片熱潮，人們熱衷于收集和交換卡片，故選C。

2.It was then that the simple postcard, as we know now, was created.”可知，二十世紀(jì)初，英國政府對卡片做了一些變動，卡片的一面用來寫信息，另一面可以用來放一幅圖片，這就是我們現(xiàn)在所知道的簡易卡片，故選B。

3.

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