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Stamp collecting is perhaps the most popular hobby in the world. 1 people have been collecting stamps from different countries for different reasons and in different ways. I collect stamps from Singapore, Malaysia, Canada and UK only. I 2 collect stamps from every country because there are too many. Some countries have hundreds of new stamps every 3 . My father and sister work in offices, 4 sometimes they bring foreign stamps home. If I don’t want a stamp, I try to swap(交換 )it with a friend. I don’t 5 any stamps because they cost too much money. Most of my stamps are 6 ones, which are stuck(粘 )on paper at first. I have to get the stamps off the paper 7 damaging(損壞 )them. 8 wants to collect damaged stamps. I put the stamps into water in a bowl. After ten to twenty minutes, the water makes the paper 9 . Then it is 10 to peel off(剝開(kāi) )the stamps carefully and let them dry. After that,I put them in one of my stamps albums(冊(cè) ), I have 11 albums, one for each country. I can 12 many things from my stamps. They make my school subjects 13 . They show me what birds, animals and plants there are in a country. They let me 14 about the people and events in different countries. Some old stamps are very valuable. Perhaps one day some of my stamps will be 15 ,too. 1. A. Many B. Few C. No D. All 【 解析 】 選 A。 由上句的意思可以得知 “ 許多人有這樣的愛(ài)好 ” 。 2. A. can B. can’t C. like to D. often 【 解析 】 選 B。 由句意可知 “ 我不能收集每一個(gè)國(guó)家的郵票是因?yàn)樘嗔?。 ” 3. A. hour B. week C. month D. year 【 解析 】 選 D。 由常識(shí)可知 “ 有些國(guó)家每年發(fā)行上百?gòu)埿锣]票 ” 。 4. A. because B. when C. so D. after 【 解析 】 選 C。 由上下句可知是因果關(guān)系 。 5. A. want B. sell C. swap D. buy 【 解析 】 選 D。 由句意 “ 我不買郵票是因?yàn)樗鼈兓ㄙM(fèi)很多錢 ”可知 。 6. A. used B. new C. beautiful D. interesting 【 解析 】 選 A。 由后句的 “ 它們?cè)仁琴N在紙上的 ” 可知“ 是用過(guò)的郵票 ” 。 7. A. after B. until C. without D. with 【 解析 】 選