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1、第Ⅰ卷客观卷（共60分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ACanyouimaginethatasmallstampshouldbeworth$16,800?Anymistakemadeintheprintingofastampraisesitsvaluetostampcollectors.Amistakeonatwo-pennystamphasmadeitworthamillionandahalftimesitsfacevalue.Maybeyouthin

2、kitimpossible.Butitistrue.Andthisishowithappened.ThemistakewasmademorethanahundredyearsagointheformerBritishcolony（殖民地）ofMauritius,asmallislandintheIndianOcean.In1847andorderforstampswassenttoLondon.Mauritiuswasabouttobecomethefourthcountryintheworldtoput

3、outstamps.BeforetheorderwasfilledandthestampsarrivedfromEngland,abigdancewasplannedbythecommander-in-chiefofallthearmedforcesontheisland.ThedancewouldbeheldinhishouseandlettersofinvitationwouldbesenttoalltheimportantpeopleinMauritius.Stampswerebadlyneeded

4、toposttheletters.Therefore,anislander,whowasagoodprinter,wastoldtocopythepatternofthestamps.Hecarelesslyputtheword“PostOffice”insteadof“PostPaid”,twowordsseenonstampsatthattime,ontheseveralhundredthatheprinted.Today,thereareonlytwenty-sixofthesemisprinted

5、stampsleft---fourteenOne-pennyRedsandtwelveTwo-pennyBlues.BecausetherearesofewTwo-PennyBluesandbecauseoftheirage,collectorshavepaidasmuchas$16,800foroneofthem.1.Whenamistakeismadeintheprintingofthestamp,thestamp_____________.A.willbecomeuselessandthrownaw

6、ayB.isworthnomorethanitsfacevalueC.iswellworthbuyingD.mayincreaseinvalue2.WhydidMauritiusprintsomestampstoo?Because_____________.A.LondonstampswerenotwellprintedB.LondonwouldnotprintthemC.invitationstoabigdancehadtobepostedquicklyD.Mauritiushadaverygoodpr

7、inter3.Themistakeontheisland-printedstampswasinthe___________.A.priceB.designC.spellingofwordsD.wronguseofwords4.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A.Inthe1840’smostcountriesoftheworldwerenotyetusingstampsB.OnlyinEnglandwerestampsprintedC.Allpeopleliketobuym

8、isprintedstampsD.StampswithprintingmistakesareworthmorethansixteenthousanddollarsBIntheUnitedStatesthemostpopularformoffolkdancingsincetheearliestdayshasbeensquaredancing.Inearlytimes,whenmenandwomenworkedingroupsto