Postcards to myself
In 50 years fo traveling Colin McCorpuodale has visited every country in the world, except thtee, And everywhere he goes, he sends himself a postcard , He always chooses a postcard with a beautiful view, and sticks on an interesting stamp, Usually he writes just a short message to himself , His latest one , from the Malians island, read Good fishing,
On a wall in his home in London there is a large  map of  the world. There are hundreds of little red  pins stuck in it .”It’s good to get a pin in the map.” Says Mr.McCorquodale, “but I follow the rules,I’m allowed to stick one in only if I ‘ve been in a place for more than 24 hours.”
Naturlly , Mr, McCorpuodale has his favorite places, New Zealand he describes as “wonderful “In Europe, he says,”Italy is a favourite place, But in Italy tourists are worried that they will get ripped off because people there often charge too much for something ,” Of China he says ,”This is one country in the world which is completely different, There is no European influence.”
Wherever he goes, Mr. McCorpuodale takes with him a photo of his wife, a candle,a torch, a shirt with a secret pocket, and a pen for writing his postcards
So why does he do it ? For the postcards or the travel? Mr McCorpuodale laughs, “I do it for the journey,” he , says.” I get a kick out of traveling, and all the planning.”
72.We can learn from the second paragraph that_______
A There is a large map of London in his home.
B Mr McCorpuodale likes sticking red pins in the map at will(隨意)
C If he traveled in a place and stayed there 2days, he will stick  a red pin in the map
D He likes collecting red pins,
73. What is written on his latest postcard?
A A favorite place    B Malians island     C  Good fishing     D　A beautiful view
74. Tourists in Italy are often_______________
A beaten   B helped     C encouraged   D cheated
75. From the passage we know that Mr McCorpuodale_______
A has visited all the coutries in the world
B  has only three favorite places
C takes his wife with him wherever he goed
D gets a lot of pleasure from traveling and the planning for it
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