| Reading Comprehension |
| 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 small and light and you do not need much space for them. 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 only buy telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to ? 4,000. The first Japanese card has a value of about ? 28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors' magazine. |
| 1. The first card for public telephones was _____. |
| A. British B. Italian C. French D. Japanese |
| 2. Why do people usually begin to collect cards? Because _____. |
| A. they don't take up much space B. they have special and attractive designs C. it's a popular hobby D. they have a great value |
| 3. Which statement is not true? |
| A. A lot of British people collect telephone cards. B. Some cards cost a lot of money. C. It's easy to keep your cards at home. D. You need a lot of money when you start collecting cards. |
| 4. What is the best title for the passage? |
| A. The design of calling cards. B. The value of calling cards. C. The market of calling cards. D. The collecting of calling cards. |