10.此题考查时态用法。By the end of last year所指的时间是过去的过去,故应将has改为had,以构成过去完成时态。
2004年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语(浙江卷)
Nowadays
millions of people of all age take pleasure in a 1.
_______
hobby which is
both interested and fun. And every year 2. _______
more and more
people start a stamp collection of your own 3. _______
and discover
an interest which can even last lifetime. Starting 4. _______
your
collection of stamps are easy became they are everywhere. 5.
_______
Holiday and
birthday postcards from relatives and letters 6. _______
from friends
can all provide you for stamps from all over 7. _______
the world. So
once you’ve started collecting seriously, you 8. _______
will probably
want to join in the Stamp Collectors’ Club 9. _______
which exist to
add more stamps to your collection. 10. _______