Starting a stamp collection is easy and not very expensive. Before you start, you need to decide wha

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 notdamageit. 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

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了收集有票的用处以及收集有票的方法。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段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.描述，可知作者认为收集邮票很有用。故选C。

【2】词义猜测题。联系前文cut out the stamp. Leave lots of space around the stamp 描述，可知此处指的是，小心不会损坏邮票。故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据第二段carefully cut out the stamp.……so put some books on top.描述，可知正确顺序是B。