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  3. How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A

How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A

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问题     How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.
    The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony 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 stamps.
    Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
    Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left, fourteen One-penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of the Two-penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16 800 for it.
The best title for the passage could be______.
选项 A、Post Office or "Post Paid"
B、A Careless Printer
C、The Two-penny Blue
D、An Error Worth $ 16 800
答案C
解析 本题问全文的最佳标题是什么。通读全文后，我们可以总结归纳出本文的基本大意，本文主要叙述了一张两便士蓝色邮票怎么会值16 800美元的原因和事情发展的经过。因此，本文的最佳标题是C“两便士蓝色邮票”。
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