Question

【题目】根据短文理解, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
I have been collecting stamps since I was a little kid. I began to collect stamps1I was eight years old. At that time, my mother 2 at an international bank. Every Friday, she 3 home stamps from all the letters she had received during that week. I 4had many pen friends in different countries, and we 5 letters to each other very often. By the 6 I was twelve, I have collected more than l, 000 stamps from fifty different countries! I've7 collecting stamps, but now it's more 8 . My mother retired(退休) from her job, and my pen friends send me 9 messages instead of letters. The Internet has been very 10 for my stamp collection !
（1）A.since B.when C.before D.after
（2）A.stayed B.arrived C.lived D.worked
（3）A.brought B.got C.bought D.went
（4）A.hardly B.also C.nearly D.too
（5）A.took B.wrote C.received D.made
（6）A.time B.way C.end D.chance
（7）A.continued B.remembered C.kept D.finished
（8）A.different B.funny C.difficult D.important
（9）A.email B.telephone C.secret D.popular
（10）A.good B.useful C.possible D.bad

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、D
（3）、A
（4）、B
（5）、B
（6）、A
（7）、C
（8）、C
（9）、A
（10）、D

【解析】本文讲述作者喜欢集邮的事情和网络对这个兴趣的冲击。
⑴句意：自从我还是一个孩子的时候我就一直在收集邮票。当我8岁的时候我开始收集邮票。since自从，主句应该用现在完成时；when当……时；before在……前；after在……后。故选B。
⑵句意：那时，我妈妈在一家国际银行工作。stay呆在；arrive到达；live住；work工作，故选D。
⑶句意：每周五，她把那一周收到的所有的信上的邮票都带回家。bring带来；get得到；buy买；go去。故选A。
⑷句意：我也有很多不同国家的笔友。hardly几乎不；also也，用于动词前。nearly将近；几乎；too也，用于肯定句末。故选B。
⑸句意：我们经常相互写信。take带走；write写；receive收到；make做。根据句意可知选B。
⑹句意：到我12岁的时候，我已经收集了超过1000张50个国家的不同的邮票。短语：by the time到……时候；by the way顺便说一下；by the end of到……结束时；by chance偶然。故选A.
⑺句意：我还一直在收集邮票，continue doing继续做某事；remember doing记得做过；keep doing sth一直做某事；finish doing完成做某事。根据句意可知集邮一直没有中断过，故选C。
⑻句意：但是现在更困难了。different不同的；funny搞笑的；difficult困难的；important重要的。根据下文可知选C。
⑼句意：我妈妈退休了，我的笔友给我邮件发信息而不是书信。email电子邮件；telephone电话；secret，秘密；popular流行的。故选Ａ。
⑽句意：网络对我的邮票收集很不好。good好的；useful有用的；bad坏的；故选D。