Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becomi

Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.

The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and. now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light , and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds. The first Japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine.

68．The text is mainly about ________ .

A. the history of phone cards

B. phone card collecting as a hobby

C. reason for phone card collecting

D. the great variety of phone cards

69．When did people in Britain begin to use phone cards?

A. In 1971.　B. In 1975.

C. In 1976.　D. In 1981.

70．The main mason for most people to collect phone cards is that ________ .

A. they find the cards beautiful and easy to keep

B. they like to have something from different countries

C. they want to make money with cards

D. they think the cards are convenient to use

71．The writer mentions a market in Paris in order to show that ________

A. card collecting is popular among young people

B. French and Japanese cards are the most valuable

C. people can make money out of card collecting

D. card collectors magazines are very useful

试题答案

68．B　全文谈到电话卡的历史，人们为什么喜欢这种收藏，电话卡种类多，这些都是围绕一个中心，即收藏电话卡展开的。

69．D　第二段明确提到，第一张电话卡在1976年，5年后英国也有了。

70．A　文中说人们喜欢收藏是因为世界各地这些卡种类多，设计好看，小巧轻便，不占地方。

71．C　巴黎这家市场只卖电话卡，有些高达四千英镑，最早的日本卡每张售价2万8千英镑，因此C是作者提到它的目的。