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.
| 小题1: | | A．How | B．When | C．Why | D．Where |
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| 小题2: | | A．liked | B．hated | C．found  | D．lost |
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| 小题3: | | A．advice | B．picture | C．idea | D．card |
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| 小题4: | | A．above | B．with | C．under | D．for |
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| 小题5: | | A．happened | B．changed | C．ended | D．appeared |
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| 小题6: | | A．even | B．only | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题7: | | A．note | B．word | C．address | D．letter |
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| 小题8: | | A．on the front | B．on the back | C．on the left | D．on the right |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprised at | B．interested in | C．expected by | D． worried about |
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| 小题10: | | A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
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