Question

    Starting a stamp collecting is easy and not very expensive.Before you start,you need to decide what kind of stamps you want to collect.Most people collect stamps that they are interested in. Whatever you choose,you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps. You will learn about people,geography,buildings,history and culture.

                                    

   You can collect stamps from letters,ask your friends to let you have their old stamps,or buy used stamps.When you get a letter with a stamp on it,carefully cut out the stamp. Leave lots of space around the stamp so that you will not damage it. Put the stamp in water and wait until you can safely remove the stamp. Carefully remove the stamp off the letter.Place the wet stamp between two clean pieces of paper. A stamp can get wrinkled (褶皱的) when it dries,so put some books on top.

26. What does the writer think of collecting stamps?

   A. Hard. B. Expensive.

   C. Useful. D. Boring.

27. No matter what kind of stamps you collect,you can find there is       in them.

   A. a picture   B. an animal

   C. a sport   D. knowledge

28. What does the underlined word “damage”mean?

   A. 损坏   B. 保存

   C. 利用   D. 删除

29. What’s the correct order when we try to get a stamp on a letter?

  ① Remove the stamp off the letter.

  ② Place the wet stamp between two pieces of paper.

  ③ Cut out the stamp.

  ④ Put the stamp in water.

  ⑤ Put some books on top.

   A. ①—?②—?⑤—?③—?④

   B. ③—?④—?①—?②—?⑤

   C. ④—?①—?②—?⑤—?③

   D. ③一?①—?④—?②—?⑤

30. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?

   A. Most people collect stamps that they like.

   B. Collecting stamps is easy and cheap.

   C. You can collect wet stamps from your friends.

   D. The passage mainly tells us something about collecting stamps.

Answer 1

26. C  由第一段中“Whatever you choose,you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps.You will learn about people,geography,buildings,history and culture." 可知在收集邮票的同时，可以学到知识。故选C.

27. D  由句子“ Whatever you choose,you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps."可知，我们可以从集邮中学到知识。

28. A  由上下文描述的内容可知，damage意为“损坏”。故选 A.

29. B  由第二段中“When you get a letter with a stamp on it,carefully cut out the stamp. ..so put some books on top." 可知选 B.

30. C  由短文的第二段可知，可向朋友要一些老邮票。