第二节   完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

My grandmother Lillie Ford Combs was a post woman.Her mail career ___36__ in 1947,when she became a postwoman of the Ellerville Post ore&in Cherokee County.

___37__ the deliveries(投递物品)she made were brown paper-wrapped packages from Montgomery Ward or Sear Roebuck,which were both ___38__ in Cherokee County.When someone on the route needed something from them,they left the ___39__ and cash in the mailbox.

My grandmother took them all to the post office and ___40__ them out.She delivered fruit,milk,garden seeds,and even baby chickens,with their heads ___41__ out of small coops(笼子),chirping wildly.

But the most ___42__ things were the letters.There were no ___43__ and very few cars in those days.The only way ___44__ family members and friends could ___45__ was through handwritten letters.

The country had been through a very hard time and ___46__ people had the things that we ___47__ necessary for our everyday life today.My grandmother was asked to do things that,today,would be ___48__,such as bringing everyday necessities to country people.

Some people had mailboxes and some did not.___49__,my grandmother cold not leave any mail beside the road ___50__ it belonged to the government.It was hard work,but my grandmother ___51__  it and soon became popular among the people there.If a ___52__ didn't own a mailbox,someone would wait beside the road to pick up the mail ___53__ and share a few stories with her.

My grandmother ___54__ working as a post-woman until the post office closed on December 31,1954.She was a post-woman for more than 7 years,and made many lifelong ___55__.

36.A.changed         B.speeded         C.improved            D.began

37.A.Among          B.Before          C.On             D.Around

38.A.schools          B.supermarkets      C.hospitals         D.factories

39.A.goods           B.letter            C.order            D.menu

40.A.read            B.pulled           C.blew            D.mailed

41.A.hanging          B.trembling        C.circling          D.shining

42.A.important        B.beautiful         C.surprising         D.expensive

43.A.addresses        B.mailboxes        C.phones           D.radios

44.A.unlucky         B.faraway         C.clever           D.poor

45.A.afford           B.meet           C.share            D.communicate

46.A.many           B.more           C.few             D.all

47.A.ensure          B.consider         C.explain           D.doubt

48.A.unusual          B.impossible   C.unfair           D.difficult

49.A.In a word        B.For example       C.Of course        D.As a result

50.A.in case          B.though          C.because          D.even if

51.A.spread          B.enjoyed          C.protected            D.developed

52.A.family           B.town           C.county           D.store

53.A.strangely         B.unexpectedly      C.personally        D.unwillingly

54.A.tried            B.remembered       C.continued         D.preferred

55.A.friends             B.customers        C.followers            D.admirers

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