Question

【題目】Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投遞）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.

There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail； they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a 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 forever； there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍賣). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出價者).

【1】A. impatient B. important 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 B. 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

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了如何處理哪些無效信件。有些信件由于地址不清楚而且沒有返回地址成為了無效郵件。在美國有很多種處理方式，首先工作人員會打開信件或包裹來尋找投遞線索；或者在網(wǎng)上公布清單讓人認領(lǐng)；還有些東西會進行拍賣。

【1】C考查形容詞辨析及語境的理解。A. impatient沒耐心的；B. Important重要的；C. Unclear不清晰的；D. Inactive不活躍的；句意：可能有一個不清晰的郵件地址，沒有返回的地址。故選A。

【2】D 考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. turn off關(guān)掉；B. eat up吃光；C. sell out賣完；D. throw away扔掉。句意：郵局無法投遞只能扔了。故選B。

【3】A考查動詞及語境的理解。A. Sent發(fā)送 ；B. Returned歸還；回來；C. lent借出；D. Sold買。句意：這些無效信件被送到亞特蘭大，紐約或者舊金山的郵局服務(wù)處。這里講的是如何處理這些無效信件，根據(jù)語境可知用被動語態(tài)be done。故選A。

【4】B考查形容詞及語境的理解。. A. No沒有；B. Various各種各樣的；C. Silly傻的；D. Cruel殘酷的，殘忍的。從后文得知，處理這些信件有不同的方法，此句為：那里的工作人員有不同的處理這些無效信件的方法；故選B。

【5】C考查動名詞及語境的理解。A. People人們；B. Time時間；C. clues線索；提示；D. Books書。句意：首先他們尋找能幫他們投遞地址的線索。故選C。

【6】B考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. Funny滑稽的；B. inside 在……里面；C. Useless無用的；D. Outside在外面；結(jié)合前文they open packages,他們打開包裹。故此句為：希望從里面找到東西能告訴他們郵件從哪發(fā)出的或送到哪里去。故選D。

【7】D考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. Phone電話；B. mirror 鏡子；C. TV set電視機；D. Computer電腦。結(jié)合后文so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen.所以人們可以從屏幕上確認丟失的東西是否在上面；故此句為：他們會在電腦上列個清單。故選D。

【8】A考查動詞及語境的理解。A. Stored儲存；B. Put放；C. bought買；D. Borrowed借；根據(jù)題意然而這些地址不能簡單的被永遠的存儲。故應(yīng)該選A。

【9】B考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. Bored無聊的；B. interested有趣的；C. Worried擔(dān)心的；D. Satisfied滿意的；這里講到了東西的拍賣，此句為：每三個月，那些對包裹里的東西感興趣的人會被邀請參加拍賣；根據(jù)題意可知是用否定形式，try to do表示設(shè)法去做某事。故選B。

【10】C考查形容詞最高級及語境的理解。A. cheapest 最便宜的；B. Cleverest最便宜的；C. Highest最高的；D. Easiest最容易的。根據(jù)句意：他們被賣給那些出價最高的出價者。故選C。