VIII. Read the passage, and then choose the correct answer.
Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby. You can learn many things, such as the geography of a country from stamps. Postal stamps are a source of interesting facts and important dates about every country in the world. It makes stamp collecting become very popular.
As you look at the pages of a stamp album, you can learn interesting details of foreign customs, arts, literature, history and culture. Their colours can make you feel relaxed and happy.
Collecting stamps can become a business. If you are lucky in finding a special stamp, it will bring you some money besides knowledge and pleasure.
1.Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby because .
A. you can learn many things such as the geography of a country from stamps
B. stamps give you interesting facts and important dates about a country
C. it is very important to collect stamps
D. A and B are correct
2.All of the following are true EXCEPT .
A. stamps can make you relaxed and happy
B. stamps can make you know more
C. stamp collecting can make you famous
D. you can earn money from your collection if you are lucky
3.According to the passage, it is true to say that .
A. stamp collecting helps you become rich and famous
B. stamp collecting is a very popular hobby
C. stamp collectors can earn a lot of money from stamp collecting
D. stamp collecting is a hobby that costs you a lot of money
4.The word “business” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. the activity of collecting stamps
B. the activity of selling stamps from other countries
C. the activity of buying stamps from other countries
D. the activity of buying or selling something
5.The main idea of the passage is .
A. the history of stamp collecting B. good things from stamp collecting
C. the ways of stamp collecting D. famous stamp collectors
Becoming a collector of something is very interesting. The most interesting is ________(23) stamps because there are so many to choose from. Stamps-collecting _______(24) a hobby of millions of people all over the world for more than some hundred years. Nobody______(25) how many stamps there are in the world. The _____(26) problem of all beginner is just which stamps to collect, as there are so many and nobody could collect them all. Many people collect stamps of one country, perhaps the one they live _____(27) or small group of countries, or a theme. “Thematic collection “ means gather all stamps in connnection with an idea.
23. A. Collect B. Collection C. Collects D. Collecting
24. A. is being B. Has been C. Was D. is
25. A. Have known B. Are knowing C. Knows D. Know
26. A.big B. Bigger C. Most big D. Biggest
27. A. In B.of C. On D.at
23. A. Collect B. Collection C. Collects D. Collecting
24. A. is being B. Has been C. Was D. is
25. A. Have known B. Are knowing C. Knows D. Know
26. A.big B. Bigger C. Most big D. Biggest
27. A. In B.of C. On D.at