Want to say"hello"from Disneyland？Send a postcard!Want to say"hello"from abroad？Send a postcard!

Beautiful scenes，wild animals，excellent buildings，silty pictures，wonderful handwriting 一 you can find them all in one place．Where？On a postcard!

Have people always sent postcards？No．Before postcards，people like to send letters in envelopes．

The idea for the first decorated postcard was first patented （取得专利） in 1861．Sending a simple postcard with decorations would be a great way to send a note．Then in the early days，postcards with pictures appeared．By law，people had to write their note on the front﹣on the picture!The back was only for the address．Several years later，England allowed a divided﹣back postcard．Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right．During the early 1900s，the golden age of postcards，picture postcards became a craze a craze of the world．In 1908'Americans alone mailed over 677million postcards．Today，postcards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins．

46．What do people like to send before postcards？　　

A．pictures．

B．letters．

C．notes

47．When was the idea for the first decorated postcard first patented？　　

A．In 1861

B．In 1908．

C．During the early 1900s

48．Where did people have to write their note by law tn the early days？　　

A．under the picture．

B．beside the picture．

C．on the picture．

49．What arc the first two most popular collections in the world？　　

A．Stamps and coins．

B．Postcards and coins．

C．Stamps and postcards．

50．The passage mainly talks about　　

A．letters

B．postcards

C．collections．