问题
单项选择题
D
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original (本来的) value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony (殖民地)of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer—Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue (发行) stamps.
Before the order was delivered(传达), a party was planned at Mauritius’Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was told to copy the design for the stamps. He printed the words " Post Office " instead of " Post Paid " by mistake on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left—fourteen Onepenny Orangereds and twelve Twopenny Blues. Because of the Twopenny Blue’s rareness (稀少) and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16800 for it.
From the story we can see that ______.
A．all correctly printed stamps are worthless
B．Mauritians needed the stamps to send out invitations to a party
C．the printer was punished for his mistake
D．collectors are constantly looking for stamps with mistakes
答案
参考答案：D
解析：[专家点评] A句意为所有没有印错的邮票都没有价值，这显然是不符合常理的。B选项中“Mauritians needed the stamps to send out invitations”是正确的，但是后面的“to a party”文中并没有提到。C句意为那个印错邮票的printer受到了惩罚，文中没有提到。D句意为收藏家一直在寻找印错的邮票，文中一直在强调印错的邮票的价值，这一点可以从文章的语气中推断出来，所以答案选D。