2011年河北省中考英语完形填空题及答案解析
【河北省2011】Ⅵ.完形填空。
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
【文章大意】本文主要介绍了明信片的发展史。
46.D【解析】由后文“on a postcard”可知：是询问在哪里能够找到这些山脉、森林等。
47.A【解析】由前后文内容可知：以前人们喜欢用密封的信件。
48.C【解析】由文意可知：首次想出装饰卡片主意的是John。
49.B【解析】a simple card with a border 带有饰边的简单卡片。
50.D【解析】由文意可知：带有图画的卡片是19世纪后期出现的。
51.B【解析】由前后文内容可知：那时卡片的背面仅仅是用来写地址。
52.A【解析】随着卡片的发展，到后来人们可在卡片的左侧写留言了，故选A。
53.D【解析】由上文内容可知：左侧写留言，那么右侧可以写地址。
54.B【解析】由后文“In 1908, Americans...postcard”可推知：人们对图画卡片很感兴趣了。
55.C【解析】由文中的“stamps and coins”可知：是第三个最受欢迎的收藏品。
2011年河北省中考英语完形填空题及答案解析
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