Collectors（收藏家） know just what to look for in a comic book. They always check the __1 first. They like to find the books that came out between 1938 and 1945. These years 2 the Golden Age of comic books. Now these books are very expensive. The first copy(册) of Marvel Comics cost a little money 3 it came out. Now it is worth more than $100,000.
Collectors also look for the books in which a character 4 for the first time. The first Superman story tells how Superman came to Earth. This comic book might cost as much as $125,000. 5 a character from one comic book turns up in another one. When Batman（蝙蝠侠）is 6 in a Superman comic, the price of the book goes up. These books are called crossover books. They are worth more because there are not 7 of them.
Don’t let the high prices 8 you from starting a collection of your own. Comic books that came out after the Golden Age don’t cost so much. Today’s comic books are even 9 . You can enjoy them now and 10 them for their future value(价值).
1. A. place B. date C. size D. price
2. A. followed B. reached C. marked D. divided
3. A. when B. if C. before D. but
4. A. appears B. travels C. acts D. fails
5. A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Actually D. Sometimes
6. A. lost B. wanted C. shown D. protected
7. A. any B. some C. all D. many
8. A. keep B. make C. leave D. throw
9. A. better B. cheaper C. more D. thicker
10. A. record B. borrow C. save D. change
科目：初中英语 来源：2012届山西省初三中考模拟英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
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The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000. The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.
【小题1】When were the first Italian telephone cards produced? _________________________________________________
【小题2】How many countries can produce telephone cards now? _________________________________________________
【小题3】Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?
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【小题4】What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?
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【小题5】In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年湖北省宜昌中学八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Stamp-collecting didn’t begin until 1854. As time went by, there were more and more kinds of stamps. They were very beautiful and interesting. And there were more and more stamps collectors. Not only children but also adults collected stamps.
In 1921, America began selling all kinds of stamps to the collectors. In some countries, there were even lessons in stamp-colleting in school. People all over the word were becoming more and more interested in stamps.
There are many wonderful pictures on the stamps. Each picture has a meaning in it. It may be the head of a great leader , a famous scientist, a writer ,a beautiful bird, or interesting place. Every stamp tells us a story.
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【小题1】Stamp-collecting begin in 1854.
【小题2】Only children liked collecting stamps.
【小题3】In some countries, people could have lessons in stamp-collecting in school.
【小题4】As time went by, fewer and fewer people were interested in stamps.
【小题5】We can learn a lot from all kinds of stamps.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年四川省广安市中考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.
1. When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?
2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?
3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?
4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?
5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年初中毕业升学考试（辽宁沈阳卷）英语（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
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The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.
1.When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?
2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?
3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?
4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?
5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013届辽宁省大连市初二下学期四月月考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
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Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared (出现) at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.
Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they like or think are special. However, there are some serious collectors. They have hundreds of dolls, and spend almost thousands of dollars each year.
Many Barbie collectors not only collect the dolls, but also collect items (部件) of the dolls. Many collections include different items of Barbie's fashion clothes. If you become a serious collector of Barbie Dolls, you will be likely to want to join a Barbie collectors’ club. The more you know about Barbie and her history, the more you want to grow your collections.
No matter which kind of collector you are, casual (随意的) or serious, Barbie dolls can be a fun and interesting hobby for girls and women of all ages.
1.How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?
A. More than eighty years. B. About one hundred years.
C. Less than ten years. D. About fifty years.
2.What does the word “include” mean in Chinese?
A. 包括 B. 酝酿 C. 生产 D. 分配
3.Which of the following is NOT right about the serious collectors of Barbie Dolls?[来源:学#科#网]
A. They have great interest in Barbie Dolls.
B. They sometimes even collect items of Barbie Dolls.
C. They spend much money on Barbie Dolls.
D. They don’t like Barbie Dolls from America.
4. What do we know from the passage?
A. Barbie Dolls first appeared in England.
B. Casual collectors may just collect Barbie Dolls for fun.
C. Collectors collect items in order to repair the dolls.
D. Old people didn’t like Barbie Dolls before 1959.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Barbie Dolls. B. Different hobbies.
C. How to repair a toy. D. How to be a collector.
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