When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really    memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting.

     My small hands could    get the mail without using a key! I always could never    to see how much I was getting. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my      . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

   After my family moved back to Singapore, I      going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my     with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we    up to a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going     the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small   caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China       sign.

   We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe,     we were at the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write     a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.

   Three weeks later, I arrived home and      my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.

    That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had    the post office all these years. Today I     send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A. bad                       B. poor                          C. good                           D. short

2.A. easily                       B. simply               C. hardly                          D. specially

3.A. weigh                B. wait                             C. get                                   D. plan

4.A. friend                      B. aunt                          C. mother                        D. owner

5.A. enjoyed                    B. stopped               C. hated                                   D. considered

6.A. wedding                     B. return                        C. success                         D. birthday

7.A. broke                      B. woke                         C. grew                           D. stood

8.A. around                      B. over                         C. up                           D. down

9.A. bank                       B. hospital                       C. shop                           D. river

10.A. Traffic                               B. Life                          C. Police                          D. Post

11.A. because                            B. though                        C. while                D. when

12.A. him                     B. me                           C. her                          D. them

13.A. bought                             B. repaired             C. painted              D. opened

14.A. missed                              B. influenced             C. studied                       D. visited

15.A. just                                B. seldom                        C. still                           D. Never

　　Thank you for your postcard. I show（给……看）it to some of my friends at school. Three other people in my class have friends in other countries, too. They also get postcards in England from their friends. One of the cards is from Australia, another is from America, and the others are is from China.

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阅读下面短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　Do you need money? Write a letter to Mr Percy Ross. Maybe he will give you some. Mr Ross is a rich man, and he likes to give people money. But he usually sends money to old people, sick people and poor children. People who are young and healthy can not get money from him. Sometimes Mr Rose doesn't send people money. He sends the things they need－shoes, a hearing aid(助听器), new pots and pans, or some advice. Mr Ross was very poor when he was a boy, and now he is a successful businessman. He wants to help poor people.

　　Dear Mr Ross:

　　I have two daughters, age one and eight. I give the baby one bottle of milk every day. I want to give her two bottles every day, but I don't have enough money. I also want to give my older daughter ice cream sometimes. Can you help me?

　　Dear Mr Ross:

　　My mother is 75 years old. She is in hospital. The hospital is 25 miles from my home. I want to visit my mother every day. I drive my car to see her, but I have little money to buy gasoline. Can you send me money for gasoline?

　　Dear Mr Ross:

　　I'm an 18-year-old boy. I need $900 to buy a good car. I really need it because I like a girl. She doesn't like me because I don't have a car.

　　Dear Mr Ross:

　　I am a 24-year-old woman. I'm going to get married next month. My problem is this: I can't cook. Please send me $500 for cooking school.

1．Who can't get money from Mr Ross?

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2．Why does Mr Percy Ross give people money?

Because ________.

[　　]

A．he wants to help weak people

B．he wants to get ‘thanks’ from people

C．he has a lot of money

D．he worked very hard when he was young

3．What does the mother want to give the older daughter?

[　　]

4．The word “gasoline” here in Chinese means ________.

[　　]

5．What can you infer(推断) Mr Ross will give the 18-year-old boy and 24-year-old woman?

[　　]

A．A car; a new pot.

B．Money; a washing machine.

C．A hearing aid; a new pan.

D．Some advice; a cooking book.

　　Thank you for your postcard. I show（给……看）it to some of my friends at school. Three other students in my class have friends in other countries, too. One of their cards is from Australia, another is from America, and the third is from China. They also get postcards from their friends in England.

　　Now I want to tell you something about my family. My father and mother are farmers. I have a sister and a brother. My sister teaches history in a middle school and my brother is studying at university（大学）.