Question

Cloze 8(2014江苏无锡崇安区) 

     Sometimes it is impossible to deliver (投递) all the mail that rives at the post office.Perhaps there is an 1  mailing address and there is no return address.The post office cannot just 2  the mail,so it becomes “ dead mailDead mail is 3  to one of the U.S. Post Serviced in Atlanta,New York,and San Francisco.Seventy-five million pieces of mad can be put in these offices in one year.

     There the workers of the dead mail offices have 4  ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all,they look for 5  that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages,ex?pecting that something 6  will show where the package comes from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed oil a 7   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 8  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 9  are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the 10  bidder (出价者) .

   1.A. impatient   B. unimportant  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 13. put   C. bought   D. borrowed

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

   10.A. cheapest   B. cleverest  C. highest   D. easiest

Answer 1

2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C

Cloze 8

[语篇解读]对于邮局来讲，投递所有信件有时是不可能的。部分信 件地址含糊不清，又没有写上寄件人地址，于是这些没有送出去的邮 件就变成了“无效邮件”。工作人员会通过一系列方法来处理这些 “无效邮件”。

1C从上文中impossible to deliver可知，邮件不可能投递的原因是地 址不清楚。impatient不耐烦的;unimportant不重要的;inactive不活 跃的;unclear不清楚的，符合题意。故选C项。

2. D信件属于隐私，根据有关规定，即便是地址不清晰，邮局也不能 把邮件扔掉。turn off关掉;eat up吃光;sell out卖光;throw away扔 掉，符合题意。故选D项。

3. A在美国，“无效邮件”被送到亚特兰大、纽约或者旧金山的其中一 个邮政处，而不是返回原来的寄件人手中，故不能用returned ,选 A项。

4. B根据下文First of all及其后的叙述可知，“无效邮件”办公室的工 作人员处理这些邮件的方法有很多。various各种各样的，符合题 意。故选B项。

5. C想要把“无效邮件”投递出去，他们需要寻找能够帮助他们投递 邮件的线索。下文中他们打开包装也是发现线索的方式之一。故 选C项。

6. B外包装看不到任何线索，只好打开邮件，理所当然看到的是邮件 里面的东西。故选B项。

7. D邮政处的工作人员会把“无效邮件”在网上公布，以便使更多的 人看到屏幕上公布的邮件是不是他们的，然后邮件的主人可以通过 打电话査询。故选D项。

8. A根据下文一些邮件被拍卖了，可知“无效邮件”不可能被永远储 存。故选A项。

9. B根据句意可知，一些对“无效邮件”里的物品感兴趣的人，才会被 邀请过来出价。interested感兴趣的，故选B项。

10. C根据拍卖常识可知，最后的物品都是卖给出价最高者。故选 C项。

[长难句] Every three months,some people who are interested are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold tothe highest bidder (出价者) .每三个月，一些感兴趣的人会被邀请到邮 政处，竞拍一些在“无效邮件”包装中发现的物品，这些物品会卖给出价最高者。句中 who are interested 作定语修饰 people,found in dead mail packages 作后置定语修饰 objects,they are sold to the highest bidder 中的 they 指代前面的objects。