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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. 勇气　　　 B. 知识　　　　 C. 耐心　　　　　　 　D. 目标

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

IV. 补全对话：根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处选出最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

---Have you ever heard of cloning?

---Yes. We just studied cloning last week.

--- ____________1_______________?

---Of course. It’s very interesting.

--- _______________2_____________________?

---I would clone myself.

--- _______________3________________?

---Yes. My clone could do many things for me.

---I don’t think so. _________________4_____________________.

---Then I would clone a king. I want to see a real king.

---But all the kings are dead. ______________5___________________.

---Then I don’t know what to clone.

A. Maybe I will become a scientist and clone a new animal

B. If you were a scientist, what would like to clone

C. It’s impossible for us to clone a dead man

D. If you had a clone, nobody could tell you and your clone apart

E. Do you think it’s a good idea

F. We saw a movie about cloning

G.. Are you interested in it

5. Sam’s grandfather has been ________(die) for many years.

4. You and your sister look the same. I can hardly________(identical) you two.

3. Have you ever studied ________(clone)?

2. It’s snowing today. Jenny had beter _________(not go) out.

1. If I _______(be) a scientist, I ______ (will) combine a sheep and a poatato.

5. I think it would be fun _________(clone)myself.

III. 用所给单词的适当形式填空

4. Try_____________(make) a funny story