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【题目】Sometimes it is impossible to deliver(投递)all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.

There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).

【1】A. impatient B. important C. unclear D. inactive

【2】A. turn off B. eat up C. sell out D. throw away

【3】A. sent B. returned C. lent D. sold

【4】A. no B. various C. silly D. cruel

【5】A. people B. time C. clues D. books

【6】A. funny B. inside C. useless D. outside

【7】A. phone B. mirror C. TV set D. computer

【8】A. stored B. put C. bought D. borrowed

【9】A. bored B. interested C. worried D. satisfied

【10】A. cheapest B. cleverest C. highest D. Easiest

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

试题分析:这篇短文主要讲述了如何处理哪些无效信件。有些信件由于地址不清楚而且没有返回地址成为了无效邮件。在美国有很多种处理方式,首先工作人员会打开信件或包裹来寻找投递线索;或者在网上公布清单让人认领;还有些东西会进行拍卖。

【1】C考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A. impatient没耐心的;B. Important重要的;C. Unclear不清晰的;D. Inactive不活跃的;句意:可能有一个不清晰的邮件地址,没有返回的地址故选A。

【2】D 考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. turn off关掉;B. eat up吃光;C. sell out卖完;D. throw away扔掉句意:邮局无法投递只能扔了。故选B。

【3】A考查动词及语境的理解。A. Sent发送 ;B. Returned归还;回来;C. lent借出;D. Sold买句意:这些无效信件被送到亚特兰大,纽约或者旧金山的邮局服务处。这里讲的是如何处理这些无效信件,根据语境可知用被动语态be done。故选A。

【4】B考查形容词及语境的理解。. A. No没有;B. Various各种各样的;C. Silly傻的;D. Cruel残酷的,残忍的从后文得知,处理这些信件有不同的方法,此句为:那里的工作人员有不同的处理这些无效信件的方法;故选B。

【5】C考查动名词及语境的理解。A. People人们;B. Time时间;C. clues线索;提示;D. Books书句意:首先他们寻找能帮他们投递地址的线索。故选C。

【6】B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Funny滑稽的;B. inside 在……里面;C. Useless无用的;D. Outside在外面;结合前文they open packages,他们打开包裹故此句为:希望从里面找到东西能告诉他们邮件从哪发出的或送到哪里去。故选D。

【7】D考查名词及语境的理解。 A. Phone电话;B. mirror 镜子;C. TV set电视机;D. Computer电脑结合后文so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen.所以人们可以从屏幕上确认丢失的东西是否在上面;故此句为:他们会在电脑上列个清单。故选D。

【8】A考查动词及语境的理解。A. Stored储存;B. Put放;C. bought买;D. Borrowed借;根据题意然而这些地址不能简单的被永远的存储。故应该选A。

【9】B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Bored无聊的;B. interested有趣的;C. Worried担心的;D. Satisfied满意的;这里讲到了东西的拍卖,此句为:每三个月,那些对包裹里的东西感兴趣的人会被邀请参加拍卖;根据题意可知是用否定形式,try to do表示设法去做某事故选B。

【10】C考查形容词最高级及语境的理解。A. cheapest 最便宜的;B. Cleverest最便宜的;C. Highest最高的;D. Easiest最容易的根据句意:他们被卖给那些出价最高的出价者。故选C。

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