【精析】D 根据第三段最后一句“...think of the good it will do to a person, ill and depressed all the time, if he or she could go out into the fields and fresh air to fly a kite.”可知， 空气新鲜时出去放风筝有益于身体健康，所以选项 D 正确。文中并未将放风筝与其他活动进行对比，所 以选项 A 不正确；根据第三段第一、二句“...flying a kite and then letting it go, apart from the pleasure in itself, might off one’s bad luck and illness. Consequently it would bring him bad luck if one should pick up a kite lost by other people.”可知，人们认为放风筝会送走厄 运和疾病，而捡到别人丢的风筝则会带来厄运，这并不是有科学依据的，而是一种迷信，所以选项 B、C 均不正确。故选 D。
43. [考点] 事实细节题
【精析】B 根据第三段第一句“...flying a kite and then letting it go, apart from the pleasure in itself, might send off one’s bad luck and illness. ”可知，人们认为风筝能够给人们带来乐 趣，可能会帮人们摆脱厄运，所以选项 A、C 正确；根据第一段可知，早期风筝被用于军事，帮助军队 观察敌军，所以选项 D 正确。根据第二段最后一句“The kites made today in some places are fixed with silk strings or rubber bands to give out pleasant ringing in the wind. ”可知，风筝能 发出好听的声音，但并不能产生绝妙的音乐，选项 B 说法不正确，所以选 B。
44. [考点] 事实细节题
【精析】C 根据第三段第一句“...flying a kite and then letting it go, apart from the pleasure in itself, might send off one’s bad luck and illness. ”可知，过去人们放风筝可能是为了摆脱 厄运和疾病。故选 C。
45. [考点] 推理判断题
【精析】B 根据最后一段前四句“Chinese kites fall into two major types: those with wings that can be taken apart and those with wings that are fixed...The second type refers to those with fixed structure; they fly better and higher... ”可知，有固定结构的风筝（第二种）可以飞得更 好、更高，也就是说，那种翅膀不能拆卸的风筝能飞得更高、更稳。故选 B。
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46. [考点] 事实细节题
【精析】A 根据第三段“Although officially invented by a Hungarian, Emanuel Herrmann, in 1869, the idea of illustrated cards was taken up with most enthusiasm in Victorian British... ” 可知，Emanuel Herrmann 是第一个想出明信片的人。故选 A。
47. [考点] 词语理解题
【精析】C 根据第二段最后一句“...thinking of something to fill the space was too challenging, compared with a call home. ”可知，14%的人承认要想写出点东西来填满卡片上的空白实在太困难了， 相比之下还是给家里打个电话来得容易些。challenging 意为“挑战的，有挑战性的，困难的”，与
difficult 的意思最为接近。故选 C。
48. [考点] 事实细节题
【精析】D 根据最后一段第四、五句“All these are useful, practical devices, but postcards offer something else...They can create the real atmosphere of your holiday in a way that nothing else can do.”可知，一些人仍然在用明信片，因为他们认为明信片可以营造出一种其他任何东西都无 法营造出的节日气氛。故选 D。
49. [考点] 推理判断题
【精析】C 根据最后一段第三、四、五句“Postcards are nothing like phone calls, instant
messages...but postcards offer something else...They can create the real atmosphere of your holiday in a way that nothing else can do. ”可知，明信片与电话、即时短信和照片不同，它体现 了想象力和个性，还能营造出节日气氛，这是其他任何东西都无法比拟的。由此可推知，本段是在鼓励 人们使用明信片，只有 C 项最符合题意。故选 C。
50. [考点] 推理判断题
【精析】C 根据最后一句“They are also for more than a moment—with some people adding them to collections built up over years and years. ”可知，一些人喜欢年复一年地积累明信片。由此
