Question

      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

Answer 1

1. D. 根据下文的介绍以及常识可知，贺卡本身，递着“信息(message) ”。

2.B. 根据该空后的 such as a birthday,graduation,or marriage 可知，贺卡也遙 合特殊的“私人(personal) ”场合。此 处与上文中的a general occasion形成 对比。

3. C.上文提到贺卡的两种用处：普通 场合和私人场合，此处讲贺卡的第三 种用途:“还(also) ”可用来表达友谊。

4. A. 5. C.根据最后一段中的the basic purpose of a greeting card is to communicate 可知，“赠送(sending) ” 贺卡的风俗和人们想“沟通交流 (communicate ) ”的愿望有关。

6. B.根据该空前的is always chosen for another亩知，贺卡是为人挑选 的，买贺卡的人从来不会自己“留着 (kept) ”贺卡。

7. D.根据该空后的most important holidays or occasions 可知，贺卡可以 用来“庆祝(mark) ”很多重要的节曰或时刻。

8. A.根据该空前的 Christmas,Thanksgiving,Halloween 可知， 这都是一些重 要“事件(events) ”。

9. C.根据上一句中的Greeting cards are available可知，在稂多节假日都有 贺卡“销售(available) ”。

10. B.根据下文的 most people find it difficult to put their feelings into 可 知，人们发现很“难(difficulty) ”将自 己的感情表达出来。

11. A 人们很难表达自己的感情“促成 (led to) ”各种日常贺卡的使用。

12. A.根据该空后的 sympathy cards in the case of death可知，祈求身体康复的卡片是在别人“生病(illness) ”时使用的。

13. D.上文提到两种日常使用的卡片 cheering “get well” cards 和 sympathy cards ,此处指日常卡片还 “包括(include) ”在生日和婚礼这样的场合使用的贺卡。

14. B.虽然上文提到多种日常使用的贺卡，“然而(however）”用的最广泛的还是友谊卡。

15. C.根据该空后的 more than a cheery “hello ,”可知，这是友谊卡上表达问候采取的一种“形式(form) ”。

16. D.根据上文中的friendship cards可知，既然是卡片，因此是一种“印刷出来的(printed) ”祝福。

17. D. 18. A.贺卡的“成功(success) ” 常归因于人们发现很难将自己的感 情用“文字(words) ”表达出来。

19. C.根据下文中的it says what the purchaser wants to say 可知，由于贺 卡的初衷是要于人们交流，因此 “祝福语(greeting) ”非常重要。

20. A.根据but可知，“除非(unless) ”贺卡上说的话正好是购买者想说的，否则他们是不会购买贺卡的。