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

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