第Ⅰ卷 观卷（共60分）.doc

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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.Maybeyo

2、uthinkitimpossible.Butitistrue.Andthisishowithappened.ThemistakewasmademorethanahundredyearsagointheformerBritishcolony（殖民地）ofMauritius,asmallislandintheIndianOcean.In1847andorderforstampswassenttoLondon.Mauritiuswasabouttobecomethefourthcountryinthe

3、worldtoputoutstamps.BeforetheorderwasfilledandthestampsarrivedfromEngland,abigdancewasplannedbythecommander-in-chiefofallthearmedforcesontheisland.ThedancewouldbeheldinhishouseandlettersofinvitationwouldbesenttoalltheimportantpeopleinMauritius.Stamps

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

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

6、lbecomeuselessandthrownawayB.isworthnomorethanitsfacevalueC.iswellworthbuyingD.mayincreaseinvalue2.WhydidMauritiusprintsomestampstoo?Because_____________.A.LondonstampswerenotwellprintedB.LondonwouldnotprintthemC.invitationstoabigdancehadtobepostedqu

7、icklyD.Mauritiushadaverygoodprinter3.Themistakeontheisland-printedstampswasinthe___________.A.priceB.designC.spellingofwordsD.wronguseofwords4.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A.Inthe1840’smostcountriesoftheworldwerenotyetusingstampsB.OnlyinEnglandwer

8、estampsprintedC.AllpeopleliketobuymisprintedstampsD.StampswithprintingmistakesareworthmorethansixteenthousanddollarsBIntheUnitedStatesthemostpopularformoffolkdancingsincetheearliestdayshasbeensquaredancing.Inearlytimes,whenmenandwomenworkedingroupsto