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.

46. A. How　　 B. When　　　 C. Why　　　 D. Where

47. A. liked　　　 B. hated　　　 C. found　　　 D. lost

48. A. advice　　 B. picture　　　 C. idea　　　 D. card

49. A. above　　 B. with　　　　 C. under　　 D. for

50. A. happened　 B. changed　　　 C. ended 　　D. appeared

51. A. even　　　 B. only　　　　 C. still　　　 D. ever

52. A. note　　　 B. word　　　　 C. address　　 D. letter

53. A. on the front B. on the back　 C. on the left　 D. on the right

54. A. surprised at B. interested in　 C. expected by D. worried about

55. A. first　　　 B. second　　　 C. third　　　 D. fourth

根据句意和首字母，填写所缺单词。

1. I am very h_____. Give me some food, please.

　 2. It’s Friday today. Don’t p____ off it any more.

　 3. He is a v_______, and he often treats some animals.

　 4. My computer is broken. He is r_____ it for me.

　 5. His father is able. He can s_____ this problem by himself.

　 6. There is a s_____. It says“No Smoking!”.

　 7. His grandfather can’t walk and has to sit in a w______.

　 8. I love dogs because they never c______ and they’re grateful.

　 9. Lucy and Lily are twins, so they are s_____ in many ways.

　 10. He is my best friend. We all t_____ in him.

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，所填单词在短文下面的横线上必须完整写出。（本大题共5分，每小题0.5分）

A little monkey is p　 1　 by the lake. He sees some fish swimming i 2　 the lake.

　 How i　 3　 they are! Now some frogs are j　 4　　 into the water and o　 5　 are swimming h　 6　 in the lake. The monkey t　 7　 it’s easy to swim. So he wants to jump into the lake. The fish and frogs all say, “You c　 8 swim. Don’t come d 9　 or you’ll be dead.” But the monkey doesn’t believe that. The monkey is in the water now. Of course he can’t swim and he is going to be dead. The fish and frogs are p　 10　 him out of the water and saving him.

Remember: "It’s easy to say, but hard to do."