【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析]
Do you like collecting postcards? Many people like the pictures on the postcards.
In Britain in the 1890s there was a postcard "popular fashion". People formed clubs and collected and exchanged postcards. Even Queen Victoria had her own private collection.
When Edward was the King, the British had a cheap and good postal system. If anyone wanted to tell a friend that they were coming for tea in the afternoon, they would send a postcard in the morning. "Drop me a card" was as common then as "give me a ring" is today.
In 1902 an important step was taken. The government said that half of the side that was used for the address on the postcard could be used for message, and the whole of the other side could be used for a picture. It was then the simple postcard, as we know, was created.
这是一段介绍收集明信片的小独白。其中第三句指出：In Britain in the 1890s there was a postcard "popular fashion"，即19世纪90年代英国收集明信片是一种很流行的时尚。考生只要听清了1890s这个时间数词和其后的a postcard "popular fashion" 就不难选出答案。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 独白第五句话指出：Even Queen Victoria...，即甚至维多利亚女王也有自己的私人(明信片)收藏。而King Edward是在下一句提出来的，该句说的是他那个时候邮政系统很好，没有涉及他是否收藏明信片；Queen Elizabeth在独白中没有提及。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 独白第六句说，爱德华国王时代，the British had a cheap and good postal system，而由后面几句的描述可以看出，这里的good实际上指的就是邮政系统很有效率，故答案是[C]。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 独白第九句中提到了一个时间数词1902，说那一年迈进了重要一步；而在独自最后一句又指出现在这种形式的明信片产生了。由它们的对应关系可知，答案是[B]。事实上，整个独白中只涉及了1890和1902两个时间，较易确定答案。