Question

Starting a stamp collection 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: a certain country or an animal, a famous person or even a sport. Whatever you choose, you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps: you will learn about people, geography, building, history and culture.

You can collect stamps from letters, ask your friends to let you have their old stamps, or you can 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.

1.What does the writer think of collecting stamps?

A. Hard         B. Expensive          C. Useful          D. Boring

2.What does the underlined work “damage” mean?

A.损坏         B.保存               C.利用            D.删除

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

①Remove the stamp off the letter.

②Place the wet stamp between two pieces of paper.

③Cut out the stamp.

④Put the stamp in water.

⑤Put some books on top.

A. ①→②→⑤→③→④                  B. ③→④→①→②→⑤

C. ④→①→②→⑤→③                  D. ③→①→④→②→⑤

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】短文属于说明文。介绍了集邮的好处、方法，以及从信封上取下邮票的技巧。

1.根据第一句，排除A、B两项；根据第三句可知，所选邮票是自己喜欢的，排除D；从第一段最后一句可知，能学到好多知识。

2.根据上下文，从信封上取下邮票时，邮票四周要留出来，目的就是“不被损坏”。

3.从短文第三段可知。