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

　　A new world champion（冠军）has been born. After his 18th birthday, Ding Junhui b 1 Stephen Hendry, a seven-time world champion, and won first prize at last. This was the first time a C 2 has won a major snooker（斯诺克）champion.

s 4 to play snooker at the age of eight. By the time he was 10, n 5 in the city could play better than him. Then his father wanted to let Ding make snooker his career（职业）. Two years l 6 , his family moved to Dongguan of Guangdong, a city n 7 Hong Kong, where snooker is more p 8 To help him, the family sold e 9 , even their small house. Luckily, Ding has been successful and the p 10 of the Chinese people now. Ding has created（创造）history.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-50各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

What’s a typical（典型的）day like in Buenos Aires（布宜诺斯艾利斯）? For Diego, who lives with his parents in a house in Buenos Aires, a school day starts　 41 . If his mother doesn’t wake him up at 6:00 a.m., his dog Luna will. Diego　 42　 himself quickly and takes Luna for a walk.

Then it’s time to get ready for school. Diego puts on his school clothes and eats a quick　 43 . He slings（抛）his heavy schoolbag over his shoulder and gets onto the city bus for the 25 minutes’ 44　 to school.

Diego is in the seventh year of primary school. Classes start at 8:00 a.m. with math, followed

45　 history and music. At 1:00 p.m., Diego and his friends have their lunch. After lunch, Diego heads to English class. This is one of his favorites,　 46　 the students practise English by writing e-mails to students in　 47　 countries.

　　　 When the　 48　 class ends, Diego and his friends　 49　 the bus to a city park to play football. Then he’s back home to start on homework. If he finishes in time, Diego will cook dinner. His parents come home from work at about 8:00 p.m., and　 50　 they sit down to dinner. After dinner, Diego does some reading or watches TV before getting ready for bed!

（　 ）41. A. quickly　　　　　　　　 B. early　　　　　　　　　　　 C. late　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. slowly

（　 ）42. A. dress B. dressed C. dressing D. dresses

（　 ）43. A. lunch B. breakfast C. supper D. dinner

（　 ）44. A. walk　　　　　　　　　　 B. way　　　　　 　　　　　　 C. ride　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. road

（　 ）45. A. at　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. for　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. by　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. about

（　 ）46. A. because　　　　　　　 B. if　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. since　　　　　　　　　　　 D. unless

（　 ）47. A. other B. others　　　　　　　　　　 C. another D. the others

（　 ）48. A. first B. second C. third D. last

（　 ）49. A. fetch　　　　　　　　　 B. carry　　　　　　　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. bring

（　 ）50. A. only B. just C. also D. then