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 something 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（物品） 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. several C. silly D. cruel

【5】A. waste B. expensive C. useful D. new

【6】A. funny B. inside C. useless D. outside

【7】A. phone B. mirror C. TV set D. computer

【8】A. kept 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：短文大意：該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；或者在網上公布清單讓人認領；還有些東西會進行拍賣。

【1】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：或許有封信地址不清楚而且沒有返回地址。impatient沒耐心的；important重要的；unclear不清楚的；inactive不活躍的。結合并列句there is no return address可推知該選C。

【2】D考查動詞短語及語境理解。句意：郵局無法投遞只能扔了。turn off關掉；eat up吃完；sell out賣完；throw away扔掉。結合后文so it becomes “dead mail”所以它成為了無效信件, 郵局無法投遞只能扔了。因此選D。

【3】 A考查動詞及語境理解。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處。sent發(fā)送；returned返回；lent借出；sold出售。這里講的是如何處理這些無效信件，所以選A。

【4】B考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：那里的工作人員有不同的處理這些無效信件的方法。no沒有；several幾個，一些；silly笨的；cruel殘忍的。從后文得知，處理這些信件有不同的方法，所以選B。

【5】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他們尋找可以幫助他們投遞郵件的線索。waste浪費；expensive昂貴的； useful有用的；new新的。這里講到了他們要尋找線索，所以選C。

【6】B考查副詞及語境理解。句意：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。funny有趣的；inside里面；useless除非；outside外面。結合前文they open packages,他們打開包裹可推知該選B。

【7】D考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他們會在電腦上列個清單。phone電話；mirror鏡子；TV set電視；computer電腦。結合后文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，所以選D。

【8】A考查動詞及語境理解。句意：然而，這些東西不會永久的存放著。 kept保存；put放；bought買；borrowed借。從后文得知這些信件還會做其他處理，故這些東西不會永久的存放著。所以選A。

【9】B考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：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；bored無聊的；interested感興趣的；worried擔心的；satisfied滿意的。這里講到了東西的拍賣，故那些對包裹里的東西感興趣的人會被邀請參加拍賣，所以選B。

【10】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：它們會賣給那些出價最高的人。cheapest最便宜的； cleverest最聰明的；highest最高的；easiest最容易的。從前文得知這些東西會進行拍賣，結合常識可知該選C。