猪年生肖邮票发行，完整体现“全家福”
猪年生肖邮票发行，完整体现“全家福”


With the Chinese New Year a month away, China Post issued a set of two special zodiac stamps on Saturday. Featuring the pig for the incoming zodiac sign, each stamp is 1.2 yuan.
Famous Chinese artist Han Meilin designed the set of stamps. Han was born in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1936. And he is most known for his "Fuwa" dolls made for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The set comes with two different designs—the pig on the first stamp is simple and charming. It shows its vitality by running, symbolizing the beautiful and good life; the other stamp perfectly embodies the concept of "family", with two big pigs and three little ones appearing at the same time, expressing the best wishes for the family reunion in the New Year.
On the edge of the stamp, the designer added some Chinese zodiac inscriptions in oracle bones to symbolize the long history of Chinese zodiac culture.
Since 1980, China has issued zodiac stamps for 40 consecutive years. After 40 years of reform and opening-up, the collection of zodiac stamps has a special significance in recording the country’s changes.

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1.How much is the set of stamps?

A 1.2 yuan.

B 2.4 yuan.

C 4.8 yuan.

D 9.6 yuan.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句Featuring the pig for the incoming zodiac sign, each stamp is 2.4 yuan.可知这套以生肖猪为特征的邮票，每张1.2元，那么两张共2.4元，故选B。

2.How old is Han Meilin now?

A 82.

B 83.

C 84.

D 85.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句Han was born in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1936.可知韩美林于1936年出生于山东济南，今年是2019年，因此他今年83岁，故选B。

3.Which is TRUE about the third paragraph?

A The set of stamps comes with two same designs.

B The first stamp shows its vitality by sleeping.

C The second stamp shows the concept of "family" with two big pigs and a little one.

D The second stamp expresses the best wishes for the family reunion in the New Year.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段可知这套邮票有两种不同的设计风格，第一张象征着美好的生活，第二张表达了对春节家庭团圆的美好祝福，故选D。

4.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “symbolize”?

A 象征.

B 结束.

C 开启.

D 遗忘.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据第四段可知在邮票的边缘，设计者用甲骨文添加了一些中国的生肖说明来“象征”着中国生肖文化的漫长历史，故选A。

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A The Chinese New Year.

B The Chinese Famous Artist.

C A Set of Special Zodiac Stamps.

D Chinese Reform and Opening-up.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。根据全文我们知道它主要是讲中国邮政新发行的一套有象征意义的生肖邮票，故选C。