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摘要： The postmaster interferedbecause . A. he overheard this conversation B. he had received a lot of complaints for lack of post-office boxes C. he was thankful for the letter the author had written D. he was proud of their good service E What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems -more crime, dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy(such as gas and electricity), and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in city areas. How can we deal with such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is little suitable housing - and because houses are too expensive. The crime rate isn’t going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several streets. These problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city. Los Angeles, California, for example, has no subway system and buses are slow. Instead, many commutersdrive many miles from their homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy freeways. New York, however, has a big transit system - buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than that in Los Angeles. A taxi driver complains, “I was driving home, but in forty-five minutes I moved only two miles! Finally, I turned off the engine and just sat there. A lot of people left their cars where they were in the middle of the street and went into a bar for a few beers! On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use buses or subways to move quickly from one part of the city to another.

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Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a getting. It was not until in my later thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered a letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us a letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if you have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”

41. At first the author looked upon life as a process of getting. He formed this view of life because____________.

A. other people were selfish B. he thought it exciting to get from others

C. of his early education D. of his character

42. The author wrote a note of appreciation to the post office because ________.

A. he knew what such a note would mean to the post office

B. he had discovered giving-away made life all the more exciting

C. he believed he would get something back by doing so

D. the post man delivered an important letter in time

43. When the author needed a post-office box, _________.

A. many had applied for post-office boxes before him

B. he asked to put his name on a waiting list

C. he tried to see the postmaster

D. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation

44. The postmaster promised _________.

A. to make a new post-office for the author

B. to let the author have a post-office box

C. to include the author’s name on the list

D. to deliver the author’s mail to his home

45. The postmaster interfered(干预) because ________.

A. he overheard this conversation

B. he had received a lot of complaints for lack of post-office boxes

C. he was thankful for the letter the author had written

D. he was proud of their good service

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