【正文】 ?s value to collectors is raised if A. there are few others like it left B. there are no mistakes on the stamp C. a mistake is made in the printing D. both A and B 2. In 1847 most countries of the world were A. not yet using postage stamps B. collecting valuable stamps C. buying their own stamps D. printing their own stamps 3. In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the A. spelling of postage B. price C. wording D. color 4. $16800 is the collector?s value of A. the Onepenny OrangeRed B. the Twopenny Blue C. any stamp printed in 1847 D． both A and B 5. The valuable stamps were designed by A. Mauritius government B. British government C. Mauritius printers D. British printers Passage 10 In the English educational system, students take three very important examinations. The first is the elevenplus, which is taken at the age of eleven or a little past. At one time the ability or aptitude shown on the elevenplus would have determined if a child stayed in school. Now, however, all children continue in“ prehensive” schools, and the eleven. plus determines which courses of study the child will follow At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are tested for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide range of subjects。閱 讀 理 解 Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? It hangs over the horizon 1ike a huge， pale hotair balloon. Many people think of the bright full moon of autumn or the harvest moon that waylike a huge， pale hotair balloon. But can you always trust your eyes? The harvest moon is the full moon on a day nearest the first day of autumn. Full or nearly full, it rises early in the evening for several nights in a row, It brings farmers welllit evenings to harvest their crops. The harvest moon can look huge. But does it really fill more of the sky than an ordinary full moon? Why does the moon look bigger when it is near the horizon? Our brains pare the size of the moon with the size of the objects we see on the horizon. We know that the distant mountains, homes, or skyscrapers are really large. And, since the moon is much farther away than is the distant landscape, we ”see” the moon as being larger than it would otherwise look. 1. To what do we pare the size of the harvest moon? A. Mountains B. Building C. Homes D. A11 of these 2. The main purpose of the article is to A. inform B. persuade C. praise D. convince 3． The author knew most people find the moon A. mysterious B. interesting C. boring D. so ordinary 4． The moon looks bigger if A. it is autumn B. it is near the horizon C. homes are near D. it is a clear night 5. The autumn moon ． A. is more beautiful than it really looks B． is the brightest object in the sky C. rises slowly at dawn D. helps farmers see as they harvest their crops Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you ravel. Because the earth is divided into twentyfour time zones one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twentyfour hours， and weeks with more or fewer than seven days. If you make a fiveday trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back； traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twentyfive or twentythree hours. If you travel by ship across the Pacific you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar the full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today bees yesterday； traveling west, it is tomorrow! 1. The best title for this selection is A. A Trip Across the Atlantic B. How Time Changes Around the World C. Crossing the International Date Line D. How time Zone Were Set Up 2. The difference in time between zones is A. seven days B. twentyfour hours C one hour D. more than seven days 3. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean A. is in one time zone B. is divided into twentyfour time zones C. is divided into five time zones D. cannot be crossed in five days 4. The international date 1ine is the name for A. the beginning of any new time zone B. the point where time changes by one hour C. the point where a new day begins D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean 5. If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clock A. ahead one hour in each new time zone B. ahead one time for the whole trip C. back one full day for each one full day D. ahead by twentythree hours Passage 3 Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3day weekendsthat is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States such as New Year?s Day or Christmas Day or the day, when we remember the first settles of the United States, called Thanksgiving Day are celebrated a11 over the country During these holidays most business close and the workers stay home and celebrate with their families. Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you?ve been working for a pany, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high position or a very important position and it39。s difficult to find someone to replace you In this case, you might take a few days at a time rather than taking one month all at once. Usually the more ti