Question

Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right--stamps.

Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版本). It was very hard to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”

“I hope so,” Victor said.

Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.

“You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life.”

“What are they?” Victor asked.

“ Friends and patience.” He answered.

1.It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.

A. 1954 B. 1974 C. 1994 D. 2004

2.What does the underlined word “patience” mean?

A. 勇氣 B. 知識 C. 耐心 D. 目標

3.Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?

A. Phillip. B. Phillip’s mother.

C. Victor. D. Victor’s father.

4.Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Victor’s father didn’t support his hobby.

B. Victor both liked collecting stamps and writing.

C. Phillip’s mother wanted his son to write letters to Victor.

D. Phillip was from France.

5.The passage mainly tells us that ________ is(are) important to people.

A. a happy family

B. a good hobby

C. relatives and friendship

D. friends and patience

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章強調了朋友和耐心的重要性。Victor愛好集郵，但是，1974年的法國特別版郵票很難找到。父親告訴Victor做事情要有耐心，后來，Victor從筆友那里意外得到了特別版郵票。

1. only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版本). It was very hard to find.”可知，1974年的法國特別版郵票很難找到，故選B。

2.“Don’t worry. Never give up,””可知，父親在安慰Victor，父親讓他不要著急，要有足夠的耐心，并相信他總有一天會找到，故選C。

3.ce Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. ...On the envelope,...It was the 1974 special edition stamp.”可知，那張1974年的郵票是Phillip的媽媽給Phillip的，說明最開始的擁有者是Phillip的媽媽，故選B。

4.“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.””可知，找不到1974年的郵票時，Victor的父親給了作者安慰和鼓勵，說明他支持Victor集郵，A項錯誤，故選A。

5. it’s good to have two things in life. ...“ Friends and patience.””可知，文章強調了朋友和耐心的重要性。因為Victor是從筆友那里意外得到他一直在尋找的郵票的，而且，Victor的父親告訴他要有耐心，這兩個條件是找到郵票必不可少的條件，故選D。

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