Question

【題目】Matt’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many ____, like America, Egypt and China.

Matt’s favorite stamps_____ from France. He has almost every stamp for 1954 to 2007. he only needed ___. That was a 1974 special edition (版本). It was very______ to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But _____could find the stamp. It made Matt very sad.

“Don’t worry,” his father said to him, “you’ll find it one day .”

“ I hope so.” Matt said.

“Be patient(耐心),” his father said, “Don’t give up.”

Besides collecting stamps, matt like writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Matt’s pen friend, Philip gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Matt_____the letter, he was very surprised. On the____ , he looked closely at the stamp. It was the _____special edition stamp. Matt was so happy! He told his sister, his mother and his father.

“You see,” his father said, “you did find your_____. So, you see, it’s good to have _____ things in life. ”

“What are they?” Matt asked .

“Friends and patience” he answered.

【1】A. cities B. capitals C. countries D. provinces

【2】A. come B. came C. comes D. coming

【3】A. two B. nothing C. one D. three

【4】A. easy B. important C. dangerous D. hard

【5】A. someone B. nobody C. anyone D. everyone

【6】A. get B. took C. take D. got

【7】A. envelope B. letter C. book D. bag

【8】A. 2009 B. 1974 C. 2007 D. 1954

【9】A. stamp B. friend C. envelope D. letter

【10】A. three B. four C. two D. one

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文講了熱愛郵票的Matt是如何意外獲得了自己想要的特殊版本的郵票。

【1】句意：他有來自許多國家的郵票，像美國、埃及和中國。A.城市；B.首都；C.國家；D.省份。從like后面的國家看出他的郵票是來自許多不同的國家（countries），故選 C。

【2】句意：Matt最喜歡的郵票來自于法國。A.來（動詞原形）；B.來（過去時）；C.來（三單形式）D.來（ing形式）�！癱ome from”表示“來自…...”，這里是說Matt的郵票以前來自于法國，需要使用一般過去時，故選B。

【3】句意：他只需要一個。A.二；B.什么都沒有；C.一；D.三。從后面說的“That was a 1974 special edition”（那是1974年的特殊版本），說明他僅僅需要“一個”，是指這個特殊版本的郵票，故選C。

【4】句意：找到是很困難的。A.容易的；B.來（過去時）重要的；C.危險的D.困難的。既然是特殊版本的郵票，所以找到是很困難的，故選 D。

【5】句意：但是沒有人可以找到郵票。A.某人；B.沒人；C.任何人；D.每個人。前面說他讓朋友和親戚幫助他，但是沒人（nobody）能找得到，讓他很傷心，故選B。

【6】句意：當(dāng)Matt收到信的時候，他非常驚訝。A.得到；B.拿，帶（過去時）；C.拿，帶；D. 得到（過去時）�！癵et the letter”表示“得到信件”，這里是在描述過去的事情，需要使用一般過去時，故選D。

【7】句意：在信件上面，他仔細(xì)看了看郵票。A.信封；B.信；C.書D.包。郵票通常是粘貼在信封上的，所以他是在看著信封上的郵票，故選A。

【8】句意：它就是1974年特殊版本的郵票。結(jié)合前面提到的，Matt一直想要的是1974版本的郵票，加之后面看出他興奮的心情，說明這里他看到了那個郵票，故這里選擇“1974”年份，故選 B。

【9】句意：你確實找到了你的郵票。A.郵票；B.朋友；C.信封；D.信件。這是爸爸的話，是說Matt最后確實得到了自己想要的“郵票”。故選 A。

【10】句意：在生活中有兩件事是很棒的。A.三；B.四；C.二；D.一。從文章末尾提到的“Friends and patience”（朋友和耐心）說明生活中擁有這兩件事是很好的，故選C。