Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like En

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

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

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends andrelatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor verysad.

“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 inFrance. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip,usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stampsto use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. WhenVictor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he lookedcarefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was sohappy. He told his sister, his mother and hisfather.                                                   

“ You see,” his father said. “ You did find yourstamp. 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 specialFrench stamp of _________.

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

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

A．勇气             B．知识             C．耐心             D．目标

3.Who owned the special edition stamp at the verybeginning?

A．Phillip.            B．Phillip’s mother.   C．Victor.            D．Victor’s father.

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

A．a happyfamily                          B．a good hobby

C．relatives andfriendship                   D．friends andpatience

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【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

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