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How to Collect Stamps
Do you want to collect stamps? Do you know 1. to start? Just follow this easy five-step Guide to Collecting.
Step 1 What do you like?
A good idea is to start by 2. stamps that are related to(与……相关) your other interests. Make a list of your favorite 3. and then see what stamps your can collect.
Step 2 New or used, home or away.
People collect both used and new stamps, so since you have chosen the theme or subject, you can 4. if you want to collect both or just one.
Step 3 Where to get your stamps?
There are lots of places where you can get stamps—and you won’t have to 5. all your pocket money on them.
For starters, if you tell all your friends and family you’re starting a collection and ask them to6. all their used stamps, in no time you’ll have stamps from people’s holidays and from relatives living in 7.towns or countries.
Step 4 Look after your stamps.
Keeping your stamps in a shoebox—or somewhere 8. where you won’t lose them—is OK, but as your collection gets bigger, you’ll need to put them into an album to keep them9. , tidy and dry.
Step 5 Join a club.
There are 10.of stamp clubs across the country that can give you help and advice.
A：1. Have you listened to the weather report today?
B：Yes, why do you pay much more attention to the weather?
A：2.
B：The radio says that there’ll be rain.
A：3. Our plan will have to be put off.
B：You know sometimes the weatherman “makes mistakes”.
A：I hope he “made a mistake” again this time.
B：4.
A：I’m afraid I prefer to go to the movie rather than do that.
B：OK. 5.
A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(划) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he couldn’t get into any sickroom. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they really happened. James Cornell has many strange but true stories like these in a book named Very Strange People.
Here is a part of the contents(目录) of Very Strange People.
Contents
ChapterPage
OneA Dog’s Life…………………………………………3
TwoA Fallen Pilot……………………………………… 14
ThreeHigh Wire Act(走钢丝) ……………………………33
FourFat Men…………………………………………… 41
FiveOver the Falls……………………………………… 43
SixThe Unending House……………………………… 53
SevenRow, Row, Row Your Boat………………………… 60
EightThe Tower Builder………………………………… 85
Unlike many reference(参考) materials(材料), the stories are listed in the book according to when they happened.
根据短文内容，回答下列所给问题。
1.How many chapters(章节)are there in the book?
2.In the story Row, Row, RowYour Boat,how long did it take the two people to row the boat from New York to England?
3.In 1918,Captain Helley feel out of his plane in the sky,and soon he fell back into it again!Which chapter probably tells us the story?
4.Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished.On which page does the story most probably appear?
5.Because of his great size,Robert could not enter any sickroom.What is the story’s name?
A School Report
1.After reading this, we know it is .
A、a studying plan of Edward Scott
B、a teaching plan of Ivy
C、a report card of Edward Scott
2.Which subject is NOT mentioned in the report?
A、P.E.B、Music.C、Math.
3.Edward’s best subject is .
A、scienceB、EnglishC、geography
4.Edward is not so good at .
A、Science and geography
B、math and history
C、history and French
5.Which sentence is NOT TRUE?
A、Edward can’t sing songs very well.
B、Edward doesn’t do well in history.
C、Edward can do better if he works harder next term.
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had loved a beautiful sports car for many months, and he knew his father could afford it. He told his father that was all he wanted.
As the graduation day coming near, the young man had got nothing from his father. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. He told his son how proud he was to have such a good son, and told him how much he loved him. Then he gave his son a beautiful gift box. The young man opened the box and found a Bible(圣经). Angrily, he raised his voice and said, “With all your money you gave me a Bible?” He then ran out of the house and left his father.
Many years later, the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful house and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was old, he thought he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Unfortunately, he was told that his father had died.
When he arrived at his house, he began to put away his father’s papers. And then he found the Bible. With tears in his eyes, he opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. That was the key to the sports car he wanted so much. Suddenly sadness and regret filled his heart.
Sometimes we don’t realize the good luck that we already have because we don’t know the ‘gift box’ is packed in a different way. The ‘gift box’ may be the door to happiness. It is just waiting to be opened.
1.The son wanted his father to buy him .
A、a beautiful gift box
B、a sports car
C、a beautiful house
2.The son ran out of the house angrily because .
A、his father didn’t like him anymore
B、his father gave him nothing
C、he thought his father only gave him a Bible
3.Many years later, the son .
A、had a hard life
B、often went to see his father
C、became a successful businessman
4.The son felt when he got the car key.
A、sad and regretful
B、disappointed and upset
C、excited and happy
5.From the story, the writer wants to tell us .
A、we should accept any gift that our parents give us
B、we may miss good luck because they are not packed as we expected
C、we should look after our parents well
