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  The post office has plenty of work to do.It handles(处理)thousands of letters every day.Let’s follow a letter all the way across America.

  Julie lives in New York.She wrote a letter to Dave.Dave lives in Oregon.Julie put the letter in the mailbox(邮箱)on Monday night.On Tuesday morning a truck stopped at the mailbox.The mail carrier(投递员)put the letters into a large bag and took the bag to a post office in New York.

  On Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted.Zip codes were used to sort the mail.A machine picked up a letter and held it.A worker read the zip code.Then the worker pushed five buttons on another machine.The worker had only one second to do this.After the worker pushed the buttons, the machine put the letter in a box.By Tuesday night the box was on a truck.The truck went to the airport.An airplane took off for Oregon on Wednesday morning.Julie’s letter went on the airplane.

  By noon the letters were in an airport in Oregon.Mail trucks then took them to post offices.One of these was in Dave’s town.On Wednesday night people in Dave’s town sorted the letters by street name.

  On Thursday morning the mail carrier for Main Street picked up her pile of letters.She sorted all of them by street address before delivering(递送).The people at 1 Main Street got their mail first.Dave lived at 221 Main Street.He got his letter before lunch.

(1)

Where did Julie’s letter travel first?

[  ]

A.

To a post office in New York.

B.

On a truck that went to the airport.

C.

To a post office in Oregon.

D.

On the airplane for Oregon.

(2)

What does the underlined word“Zip codes”mean in Chinese?

[  ]

A.

密码

B.

电话号码

C.

邮政编码

D.

身份证号码

(3)

The title of the passage is ________

[  ]

A.

How a Letter Is Written

B.

How Mail Is Delivered

C.

How a Letter Gets to the Airport

D.

How a Machine Picks up Letters

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Secrets of top students

  Example One:“If I don't understand what my teacher is explaining in the science,

  I ask him to say it again, ” says Anna Lee.“also asking more helped a lot.”

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  Example Two:“When a teacher asks us to do a lot of homework,”says Dave Roman “ I will draw up a timetable and plan to do it little by little, so it isn't so tiring.

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  Example Three:One student put a vocabulary list on the wall of the bathroom.He learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth.Another student used the time to remember biology terms while practicing running.

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  Example Four:In high school, Mike played football, painted and was in the band.

  “I was so busy that I couldn't waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper.I kept everything in order.” He says.

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  Example Five:Christi is an excellent student at the university.If her math teacher asks her to do five problems, she does ten.If the history teacher asks her to read five pages, she reads ten.“Part of learning is practicing, ” she says, “and the

more you practice, the more you learn.”

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A.Get your things in order.

B.Plan your time well.

C.Study anywhere or everywhere.

D.Speak out and ask more.

E.Do more than you are asked.

F.Make yourself busy

Hello, I’m Dave. My school is in the centre of my town. I lived in the countryside before, because Mum thought it was quiet there. It took me about an hour to go to school by bike. It was difficult for me to get to school before eight o’clock in winter if(如果) it snowed. Sometimes I was late for class. My teacher was a little angry with me. I had to get up before five thirty in the morning. I was alwaystired in the evening. I told my parents about it. Last month Dad found a job in a supermarket in the town. We moved to a house there. It’s not far from the bus station and I can take the bus to school. It takes me only fifteen minutes. Now I don’t worry about(担心) being late for school. And sometimes I can play football with my friends after dinner.

31. Dave’s mum thought it was _________ to live in the countryside.

     A. interesting   B. exciting      C. quiet     D. surprising

32. Dave’s teacher was angry with him because he ________.

     A. couldn’t finish his homework         B. got bad marks

   C. often fought(打架)with other boys   D. was late for school sometimes

33. Dave was always ________ in the evening one month ago.

     A. happy    B. tired       C. relaxed       D. sad

34. Now Dave goes to school _______.

     A. by bus       B. by bike     C. by train       D. on foot

35. Now sometimes Dave ________ after dinner.

   A. watches TV    B. does homework    

C. takes a walk   D. plays football with friends.

            

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