题目内容
My grandmother Lillie Ford Combs was a post woman．Her mail career ___1__ in 1947，when she became a postwoman of the Ellerville Post ore&in Cherokee County．
___2__ the deliveries（投递物品）she made were brown paper-wrapped packages from Montgomery Ward or Sear Roebuck，which were both ___3__ in Cherokee County．When someone on the route needed something from them，they left the ___4__ and cash in the mailbox．
My grandmother took them all to the post office and ___5__ them out．She delivered fruit，milk，garden seeds，and even baby chickens，with their heads ___6__ out of small coops（笼子），chirping wildly．
But the most ___7__ things were the letters．There were no ___8__ and very few cars in those days．The only way ___9__ family members and friends could ___10__ was through handwritten letters．
The country had been through a very hard time and ___11__ people had the things that we ___12__ necessary for our everyday life today．My grandmother was asked to do things that，today，would be ___13__，such as bringing everyday necessities to country people．
Some people had mailboxes and some did not．___14__，my grandmother cold not leave any mail beside the road ___15__ it belonged to the government．It was hard work，but my grandmother ___16__ it and soon became popular among the people there．If a ___17__ didn't own a mailbox，someone would wait beside the road to pick up the mail ___18__ and share a few stories with her．
My grandmother ___19__ working as a post-woman until the post office closed on December 31，1954．She was a post-woman for more than 7 years，and made many lifelong ___20__．
1．A．changed B．speeded C．improved D．began
2．A．Among B．Before C．On D．Around
3．A．schools B．supermarkets C．hospitals D．factories
4．A．goods B．letter C．order D．menu
5．A．read B．pulled C．blew D．mailed
6．A．hanging B．trembling C．circling D．shining
7．A．important B．beautiful C．surprising D．expensive
8．A．addresses B．mailboxes C．phones D．radios
9．A．unlucky B．faraway C．clever D．poor
10．A．afford B．meet C．share D．communicate
11．A．many B．more C．few D．all
12．A．ensure B．consider C．explain D．doubt
13．A．unusual B．impossible C．unfair D．difficult
14．A．In a word B．For example C．Of course D．As a result
15．A．in case B．though C．because D．even if
16．A．spread B．enjoyed C．protected D．developed
17．A．family B．town C．county D．store
18．A．strangely B．unexpectedly C．personally D．unwillingly
20．A．friends B．customers C．followers D．admirers
1—5 DABCD 6—10 AACBD 11—15 CBACC 16—20 BACCA
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文后1—10 的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意每空不超过3个单词。
Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example to pay its army, to build public facilities and to buy goods from abroad, and only the people of the country can supply the money.
One of the most important taxes is income tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income. Whether he is a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner, or anything else, he must pay tax if his income is more than a certain amount. This is called a “direct”tax, because it is paid in money direct to the government.
Another tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewelry, tobacco, wine, etc. When they are brought into a country, such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are later sold in shops. We call it “indirect”tax, because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeeper.
People usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on things that they and their families need. We need policemen to catch thieves, and they must be paid what they earn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid. Above all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we cannot have an army without paying for it.
Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided. We have no real cause to complain when we are asked to pay taxes for the good of ourselves and for our fellow citizens.
1. _______
| Opinion | We must 2. | The government needs money for many things. |
| The money 3. the citizens of the country. | ||
| Tax sources | Kinds of tax | Taxpayers |
| 4. | a person who gets income | |
| “indirect” tax | 5. | |
| 6. | to pay policemen | |
| to build schools and to 7. | ||
| to pay workers 8. | ||
| to pay 9. | ||
| 10. | Taxes cannot be avoided. | |