A stamp is just a piece of paper with a picture and some words printed on one side and some glue on the other side. What makes one of these bits of paper worth money? What makes a ten-fen stamp worth ten fen?

   When you buy a stamp, you also buy service from the post office. You get the letter sent by post. After the stamp has a postmark(邮戳), the post office says it is worthless. You must buy a new one for each letter you send.

   But people often pay money for stamps that have already been used. Stamp collectors have fun just trying to collect as many different kinds as possible. Certain kinds of them are hard to find. To get one of these uncommon stamps, some collectors are willing to pay a great deal of money. They think it is worth much money.

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(1)When you are going to post a letter, you must buy a ______ stamp.

   A. ten-fen     B. new   C. collected    D. valuable

(2) The post office says a stamp is useless if ______.

    A. it is collected    B. you get a letter sent by post

    C. it is old   D. there is a postmark on it

(3) When some stamps are difficult to find, ______.

    A. nobody will try to get them

    B. they can become of great value

    C. everybody would like to buy them

    D. they will be worthless

(4) Which of the following is NOT true?

    A. The stamp has a picture and some words on it.

    B. Many used stamps are worth a lot of money.

    C. Stamp collectors try to get different kinds of stamps, whether they are used or not.

    D. A used stamp can be used again to post a letter.

(5) The underlined word "worthless" in the passage means ______.

    A. 有用的    B. 有价值的   C. 没有价值的   D. 不寻常的

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