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上午、下午及晚上。
隔天早晨。
更為強烈。當 ever用
—甜相机
(B) a great class leader being a great class leader (D) as a great class leader
三、綜合測驗
1.
In 1843, Henry Cole was a popular man. However, this popularity was causing him some trouble.
Specifically, he received a lot of mail, sometimes so much that he didn't know (1)__ to reply to all of it
in his free time. To solve this problem, he hired an artist named J. C. Horsley to draw a family_(2)
was celebrating Christmas and then had this image printed one thousand times on postcards. On each card,
there was also space to write a person's name and a short message. This is how the first commercial
Christmas card was born. Did Cole know that Christmas cards would (3) sit over the fireplaces* in so
many houses? Probably not, but his friends quickly_(4)___ Christmas cards an annual tradition.
Fast forward to 1873, and a man named Louis Prang had succeeded in making Christmas cards
popular throughout the US. The front side of each of Prang's cards read "Merry Christmas," accompanied
by an image of beautiful flowers or animals. In the late 1880s, many card companies were competing
(5)__ one another. However, Christmas cards went through their biggest change in 1915, when the Hall
brothers made cards larger so that people could write longer messages. The Hall cards featured images of
Santa Claus and had cheerful messages__(6)____ inside them. These cards were folded once and ____(7)_
(9)
inside envelopes. Since then, people ____(8)____ the tradition of giving Christmas cards alive. Cards
these are a big part of today's shopping and gift-giving practices. Many people around the world can't
(10) to give and receive them when Christmas is coming. What started as a convenient way to send
letters has become not only a big business but also a wonderful tradition.
註:fireplace 壁爐
(B) (1) what (B) how
who (D) which
(D) (2) where (B) what (C) how (D) that
(two days (B) that day (C) one day (D) those days
( ) (4)(A) made (B) had (C) caused (D) allowed
(D) for
(C) under
(C) printed
B) (5)(A) between (B) against
C) (6)(A) printing (B) to print
(7)(A) placed (B) grabbed
D) (8) (A) kept (B) would keep
(C) coached
(C) was keeping (D) have kept
(9)(A) with (B) as (C) like (D) besides
(10) (A) come (B) wait (C) bear (D) bring
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(D) print
(D) delivered
