Question

【题目】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】

本文讲了热爱邮票的Matt是如何意外获得了自己想要的特殊版本的邮票。

【1】句意：他有来自许多国家的邮票，像美国、埃及和中国。A.城市；B.首都；C.国家；D.省份。从like后面的国家看出他的邮票是来自许多不同的国家（countries），故选 C。

【2】句意：Matt最喜欢的邮票来自于法国。A.来（动词原形）；B.来（过去时）；C.来（三单形式）D.来（ing形式）。“come from”表示“来自…...”，这里是说Matt的邮票以前来自于法国，需要使用一般过去时，故选B。

【3】句意：他只需要一个。A.二；B.什么都没有；C.一；D.三。从后面说的“That was a 1974 special edition”（那是1974年的特殊版本），说明他仅仅需要“一个”，是指这个特殊版本的邮票，故选C。

【4】句意：找到是很困难的。A.容易的；B.来（过去时）重要的；C.危险的D.困难的。既然是特殊版本的邮票，所以找到是很困难的，故选 D。

【5】句意：但是没有人可以找到邮票。A.某人；B.没人；C.任何人；D.每个人。前面说他让朋友和亲戚帮助他，但是没人（nobody）能找得到，让他很伤心，故选B。

【6】句意：当Matt收到信的时候，他非常惊讶。A.得到；B.拿，带（过去时）；C.拿，带；D. 得到（过去时）。“get the letter”表示“得到信件”，这里是在描述过去的事情，需要使用一般过去时，故选D。

【7】句意：在信件上面，他仔细看了看邮票。A.信封；B.信；C.书D.包。邮票通常是粘贴在信封上的，所以他是在看着信封上的邮票，故选A。

【8】句意：它就是1974年特殊版本的邮票。结合前面提到的，Matt一直想要的是1974版本的邮票，加之后面看出他兴奋的心情，说明这里他看到了那个邮票，故这里选择“1974”年份，故选 B。

【9】句意：你确实找到了你的邮票。A.邮票；B.朋友；C.信封；D.信件。这是爸爸的话，是说Matt最后确实得到了自己想要的“邮票”。故选 A。

【10】句意：在生活中有两件事是很棒的。A.三；B.四；C.二；D.一。从文章末尾提到的“Friends and patience”（朋友和耐心）说明生活中拥有这两件事是很好的，故选C。