摘要: To post a letter to America.

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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 a11 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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     People all know that December 25th is Christmas for Americans and other westerners. Yet not all
the people know Boxing Day.
    Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26,or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a
festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc.  On that day,
families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom, but nobody is certain
how it was originated.
    A popular legend tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning
many, many years ago, it snowed very heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter
from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him
a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her example. As time went by, giving
boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain. Later the custom spread to
America. In the USA, some people give their employees money instead of boxes nowadays.
1. Boxing Day is observed _____.
A. on December 25
B. on December 26
C. on the first weekday after Christmas
D. either B or C
2."The first weekday" refers to _____.  
A. Monday      
B. Sunday
C. Saturday      
D. Friday
3. _____  on Boxing Day.  
A. Those service persons would box each other
B. Service workers would give boxes from service workers
C. The employers receive boxes from service workers
D. Service workers receive boxes from the employers
4. According to the popular legend story, Boxing Day originated from _____. 
A. America      
B. Australia
C. England      
D. Canada
5. On Boxing Day in the USA nowadays, _____. 
A. all the service workers receive money instead of boxes from their employers
B. people give the service workers boxes only
C. some people give money to the service workers, while others still give boxes
D. people do not give boxes or money to the service workers
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