When you have a post-office box, the postman doesn’t bring letters to you, but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, only you have the key, so the letters and parcels are safe.

One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”

Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why haven't we got a post-office box yet?”

This was the answer from the post-office:

“Dear sir,

We gave you a post-office box two months and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”

When you have a post-office box, _____.

A. it is easier for you to write letters                  B. you will have more letters than parcels

C. you get your letters in front of your house             D. you got to the post-office to get your letters

The word “key” in this passage means _____.

A. 邮件                     B. 密码                             C. 编号                             D. 钥匙

The headmaster _____.

A. wrote many letters to the post-office              B. didn’t like the postman

C. didn’t know how a post-office box worked     D. forgot to pay for the post-office box

When the post-office said that you could get a post-office, he meant _____.

A. you may go to the post-office to get your mails

B. you must wait to get the post-office box

C. you must write again to get the key               

D. you must pay for the box before you got it

Which of the following might not be true?

A. If you want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know.

B. When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman.

C. You go to the post-office to get the key to your box.

D. After you get a post-office box, the post man will not send mails to your house.

ARIZONA
Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly
A one-night stay at the historic lodge starts at $59 for a single room and the lodge offers half-day tours of Canyon de Chelly ( $41 for adults and $32 for children aged 12 and under).
Time: May 31, 2009 ~ Nov. 1, 2009
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 17.1 percent
Contact: 800/679-2473, tbirdlodge.com
CALIFORNIA
Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe
A three-night stay in a lakeside cabin(小木屋) for two people, an Emerald Bay sightseeing for two, free breakfast and lunch. Rates are $299 per couple – saving of up to $400.
Details: Hotel taxes are included
Time: Through Dec. 15, 2009
Contact: 800/234-8946, zephyrcove.com
NEVADA
Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas
A one-night stay at the mediterranean-style Montelago Village, 17 miles from Las Vegas. Rates start at $65 per person including ice-skating fees and skate rentals.
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 12 percent
Time: Nov. 17, 2009~Jan. 15, 2010
Contact: 866/399-2753, montelagovillage.com
YELLOWSTONE
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
A two-night stay, breakfast daily, full day ski rental, unlimited ice-skating and skates and a book of Yellowstone photos. Rates start at $119 per person. A one-night stay at the hotel starts at $65.
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 8 percent
Time: Jan .1, 2010~May 2, 2010
Contact: 866/439-2473, travelyellowstone.com
【小题1】If a couple and their 14-year-old son want to have a half-day tour of Canyon de Chelly on Oct. 13, 2009, they should pay __________.

A.$114B.$123C.$177D.$189
【小题2】 If you are interested in ice-skating, you may find more information in __________.
A.tbirdlodge.com and zephyrcove.com
B.montelagovillage.com and tbirdlodge.com
C.zephyrcove.com and travelyellowstone.com
D.travelyellowstone.com and montelagovillage.com
【小题3】If you have a holiday in December, and intend to stay in a European-style hotel, you may go to __________.
A.Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
B.Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe
C.Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas
D.Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

    The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

  Then the professor asked about the cure (药剂) for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.

    “Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

    “A full spoon”, answered the student.

    “Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.”, said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “ A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr. Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”

    “I’m sorry, sir.” said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.”

1.The students were afraid of the professor because_________.

A. they often angered and disappointed him

B. their answers often astonished him

C. their answers seldom satisfied him

D. he often misunderstood them and gave them bad marks

2. The student’s description of the illness was           .

A. not correct      B. not satisfied     C. completely discouraging    D. accepted.

3.Before he left the room the student was almost sure that          .

    A. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

    B. his last answer was satisfying

    C. he had made a mistake

    D. he had not done well in the exam.

4.Which of the following is Not true?

    A. The patient will be in danger if he’s taken as much as a full spoon.

    B. The doctor will be in trouble if he’s given the patient a full spoon.

    C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time.

    D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time.

 

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