Stamp collecting is easy when you do it as a hobby. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on it. Sometimes stamps can be got from many sources (来源) for free.
Getting Started
If you have no stamps at all，you might want to buy a packet of 500 or 1,000 different worldwide stamps from a hobby shop or stamp dealer to get started. One good choice is eBay. Try entering phrases like “worldwide stamps” in the search box. However，even if you want to specialize in collecting stamps，my advice is not to spend much money on stamps in the beginning. Start off collecting stamps from many sources for free until you have collected enough stamps and had enough experience.
Sorting Stamps
Assume(假设) you have some stamps and they are on paper. Before you take them off the paper，you should sort the stamps，for example，by country. This is because dealing with stamps is much easier when they are on paper. When you take them off the paper，they become easy to bend，crease，and tear easily.
Trimming(修剪)Stamps
Never try to take a stamp off its paper backing by pulling at it，even if it appears to be loose enough to do so. First，trim the paper around the stamp with a pair of sharp scissors making sure not to cut off the edge of the stamps. I suggest that you leave a quarter inch safety area from the edge of the stamp when you trim the paper before you are good at doing it.
1.This passage is written for people who________.
A. have no money to collect stamps
B. want to sell their stamps
C. want to collect stamps
D. don’t know how to sort stamps
2.According to the writer，at the very beginning，stampcollecting beginners shouldn’t________.
A. collect common stamps
B. borrow some stamps from their friends
C. act as an inexperienced collector
D. spend a lot of money in buying stamps
3.What does the writer suggest NOT do when trimming stamps?
A. Pull at them to take them off the paper backing when they look loose.
B. Trim the paper around the stamp with a pair of sharp scissors.
C. Leave a quarter inch safety area from the edge of the stamp.
D. Make sure not to cut off the edge of the stamps.
Dear Lan Lan ，
I’m now writing to you at Hartsop，a village in the Lake District，a place to have most beautiful scenery(景色) in England，I come here to spend Christmas with an English couple. This was planned for overseas students to know the British ways of life by living with British families.
We came two days before Christmas and during our stay，we have had everything we expected：Christmas turkey，Christmas cake，Christmas puddings，Christmas parties and gifts under the Christmas tree. All are exciting and amusing(有趣的)，but above all these，we are deeply touched by the hospitality(好客) of the family，Roger and Anne Marie.
Anne Marie is a nurse and all these days，she had been busy cooking meals，washing dishes and showing us around. Roger，who is a doctor，knows a lot about China and still wants to know more. He plays us Chinese music and it seems to me he does better in that than we do. In the evenings，we all sit around the fireplace with Tim，a lovely dog，by our side. Like long time no see friends，we talk about all the things that have happened or we hope to happen in our lives. There is always so much to tell and to know.
After three months away from home，we are again feeling how sweet a home can be. Roger and Anne Marie are not like most of the other people we have met who always make us feel we are foreigners in a foreign country. They show such kindness to us that they bring us a persontoperson feeling，instead of a BritishtoChinese feeling. They make us believe that though there are differences of languages and cultures，one may always expect to find in every corner of the world the feeling of love and being loved.
How I wish Mum and Dad could meet them! How I wish you were here with me! How strange it is that the more I feel at home here，the more I miss my real home and all of you. We always talk about“when we go back home next year...”and soon we will turn this into“when we go back home THIS year...”for the New Year’s Day is coming. Miss you.
Love，
Gao Wen
1.The writer is ________now in England.
A. a Chinese visitor to an English family
B. a Chinese student studying
C. a Chinese teacher working
D. a Chinese student living
2.In Hartsop ，Gao Wen felt________.
A. rather at home
B. the English home better than her home
C. she was a foreigner in a foreign country
D. she was one member of the family
3.It seems that Roger________.
A. can speak Chinese very well
B. knows something about Chinese for a long time
C. once lived in China for a long time
D. can do everything better than the Chinese
4.In the writer’s opinion，the best home is________.
A. the home they stayed in England
B. the home that you left behind
C. Chinese home
D. one’s own home
Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace（水晶宫）which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
1.The Crystal Palace was built up_________.
A. in the 1950s B. in the 1990s C. shortly before 1851 D. after 1851
2.People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to______.
A. buy goods B. visit an exhibition
C. travel D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself
3.What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?
A. It caught a terrible fire. B. It disappeared suddenly.
C. It was moved away to the south of London D. It was rebuilt.
4.The Crystal Palace was famous to all because__________.
A. it was the biggest building in the world then
B. it was made of iron and glass
C. so many visitors had been there
D. it was burnt down at last
Thomas Alva Edison （爱迪生）was awarded more patents（专利） on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931，Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him .One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout . All electric power would be shut off in homes，streets，and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison’s funeral（葬礼），many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s finger tips.
1.This selection says that Thomas Edison________.
A. was the only important American inventor
B. received the first American patent
C. received more patents than any other American
D. was the first American inventor
2.People decided to honor Edison when______.
A. he made the first electric light
B. electric power was 100 years
C. the country realized electricity’s importance
D. he died in 1931
3.The suggested plan was to________.
A. turn off the lights in factories and schools
B. observe a few minutes of total silence
C. dim all electric lights
D. shut of all electricity for a short time
4.Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they________.
A. heard of his death
B. heard of the plan to honor him
C. first used electric power
D. tried to carry out the plan
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Pater在做一个课题：世界各地生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式，写作要点：
●庆祝生日的意义：
●通常方式（如聚会，礼物和祝福）；
●我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由。
注意：（1）词数100字左右；
（2）符合语言规范；
（3）开头和结尾已给出，（不计入总词数）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉仅及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear American guests,
On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warmly welcome to you. We are lucky to have us here in the middle of our English Week activities.
As being planned, we had English Talent Show today. The purpose of this programme is develop our interest in English learning and practical abilities in listening and spoken. The programme consists in the following activities: recitation, singing, word spelling, storytelling and so on. The Show will begin at two o’clock this afternoon at the Student Center. Dear guests, you are welcomed to take part in our activities. I hope we student will benefit greatly from your presence.
I sincerely hope you a pleasant time with us. Thank you.
