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Most boys, and many girls too, have at some time or other started a stamp collection. Stamp-collecting, or, to call it (21) its correct name, philately, (22) an increasing popular hobby from as (23) as 1854 -- for less than two decades (十年) after postage stamps (24) . Today the hobby numbers (25) are not only boys and girls, but also men and women from all ranks (阶层) in society. So rapidly (26) the interest in stamp-collecting increase in the United States of America (27) in 1921 the United States Post Office found itself (28) set up a special department to (29) the needs of collectors. At present the yearly (30) of this department total over three hundred thousand dollars.

28（）
A. came into being
B. came into use
C. began using
D. started to publish

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Most boys, and many girls too, have at some time or other started a stamp collection. Stamp-collecting, or, to call it (21) its correct name, philately, (22) an increasing popular hobby from as (23) as 1854 -- for less than two decades (十年) after postage stamps (24) . Today the hobby numbers (25) are not only boys and girls, but also men and women from all ranks (阶层) in society. So rapidly (26) the interest in stamp-collecting increase in the United States of America (27) in 1921 the United States Post Office found itself (28) set up a special department to (29) the needs of collectors. At present the yearly (30) of this department total over three hundred thousand dollars.

21（）
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been

[单项选择]I have worked with him for some time and have found that he is ______ than John.
A. more efficiently a worker
B. a more efficient worker
C. more an efficient worker
D. a worker more efficiently

[单项选择]Many theories have been ______ as to why some women suffer from depression.
A. referred to
B. put forward
C. rest assured
D. left out

[单项选择]Some small businesses have neither the time ______ the resources to compete with these big businesses.
A. or
B. nor
C. and
D. but

[单项选择]With so many essays（）,I doubt if I shall have time to visit my relatives.
A. written
B. to write
C. writing
D. being written

[单项选择]Some researchers have undertaken some psychological studies which prove that many children develop fears of ______ dangers.
A. imagination
B. imaginary
C. imaginable
D. imaginative

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Passage Four
Sometimes teens need to have some time away from their families. They may want’ to move out of the family home for a while.
Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be a good idea to let your teens live with a friend or relative.
"It was the break I needed at the time," said Richard Lerner. He is talking about the time he spent living with his grandmother when he was 15.
"It allowed me to be a different person than I was with my parents." Lerner said. He now heads the Institute for Children, Youth and Families at Michigan State University.
Experts say teens living away from their families can test new ways of thinking and getting along with people. They may see new solutions (解答) to problems.
This is different from running away, the experts stress. Runaways are often fleeing serious problems.
Some teens who want some time away from family attend a structu
A. right
B. happy
C. unsafe
D. reasonable