11.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.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)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
12.Most people are busy working and studying from Monday to Friday, (1)
they feel free in the evening or at weekends. So many people watch television or go to the movies to relax (2)
(they). And others take part in all kinds of (3)
(activity). Almost everyone has some hobbies, such as collecting stamps and (4)
(make) model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive,but some don't cost anything at all. And some collections are worth a lot of money, while some are valuable only to their (5)
(own). Once there was a man who had a coin. And (6)
coin was worth several thousands of dollars.And later he (7)
(spend)$250 on a rare fifty-cent piece! He was very happy (8)
this collection and thought the price was all right. But his youngest brother collected about 600 match boxes. Maybe we think they were not worth any money. However, to his brother they were quite valuable. He thought it is happy (9)
(find) a special match box for his collection. I think our hobby is something we like to do in our free time just for (10)