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BERLIN (Reuters)—Germany’s postal service has announced plans to explore improved service and help protect the environment by getting “fetch friends”—ordinary people traveling across cities—to deliver parcels on their way.

It is hoped that the move, which will be tested in the coming months, might lessen traffic in inner cities and reduce CO2 emissions(排放). This should help DHL, a division of the German postal service, reach its target of improving the company’s carbon efficiency by 30 percent before 2020.

“As the world’s biggest logistics(物流) provider, we recognize a special responsibility to reduce the impact on the environment as much as possible,” said Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL, in a statement referring to a variety of measures being considered.

The “fetch friends” find out online about parcels that need delivering to people who live or work along the way that they are planning to travel through the city. They then select the ones that they want to take.

Codes(編碼) sent to their mobile phones tell the volunteers where to pick the packages up. Parcels can be taken part of the way or passed on to another volunteer but all volunteers need to have the right code on their mobile phone so the track and trace system can be updated.

Logistics companies will be responsible for looking after the operation to make sure that the privacy of post is respected.

It’s hoped that this could be done using mobile phones but DHL says it recognizes that some security issues remain to be worked out.

1. According to the passage, the “fetch friend” program ________.

A. has been tested for months

B. aims to reduce the cost of the service

C. employs environmentalists to help with deliveries

D. encourages ordinary people to help cut the carbon footprint

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE of DHL?

A. It belongs to the Germany’s postal service.

B. It has the most up-to-date tracking system in Germany.

C. It has succeeded in improving its carbon efficiency by 30%.

D. It has designed many measures to improve its service speed.

3.What may be a problem with the new service according to the article?

A. Volunteers’ not allowing to select parcels.

B. The wrong codes in the mobile phones.

C. The possibility that parcels could be opened on the way.

D. Parcels’ being taken to the destination by a single volunteer.

4.What might be the best Title for the best passage?

A. New Challenges for the Postal Service

B. A Greener Way to Deliver Parcels

C. Solutions for Global Warming

D. Statements from DHL

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文主要講述的德國將要實(shí)行的“fetch friends”這一計(jì)劃，讓順路的普通人來幫助投遞郵件，以達(dá)到環(huán)保的目的。

1.D

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段Germany’s postal service has announced plans to explore improved service and help protect the environment by getting “fetch friends”—ordinary people traveling across cities—to deliver parcels on their way.可知“fetch friends”就是讓普通人幫助投遞郵件包裹，以此實(shí)現(xiàn)環(huán)境保護(hù)的目的。故D正確。

2.2】A

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行This should help DHL, a division of the German postal service, reach its target of improving the company’s carbon efficiency by 30 percent before 2020.可知DHL是德國郵寄服務(wù)的一個(gè)分支。也就是說它是德國郵遞行業(yè)的一部分。故A正確。

3.3】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一行It’s hoped that this could be done using mobile phones but DHL says it recognizes that some security issues remain to be worked out可知DHL要確認(rèn)這一行為的安全性，C項(xiàng)“包裹可能會(huì)被打開”屬于安全這一方面的內(nèi)容。故C正確。知

4.4】B

【試題解析】主旨大意題。本文主要講述的德國將要實(shí)行的“fetch friends”這一計(jì)劃，讓順路的普通人來幫助投遞郵件，以達(dá)到環(huán)保的目的。故B項(xiàng)正確。

【長難句解析】

It is hoped that the move, which will be tested in the coming months, might lessen traffic in inner cities and reduce CO2 emissions(排放).

【翻譯】人們希望這個(gè)將在下個(gè)月被測(cè)試的運(yùn)動(dòng)也許能夠減少城內(nèi)的交通堵塞并減少二氧化碳的排放。

【分析】本句中有一個(gè)which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句which will be tested in the coming months,修飾前面的先行詞the move。同時(shí)本句中的it是一個(gè)形式主語，真正的主語是that所引導(dǎo)的主語從句。特別注意這里的that引導(dǎo)的是主語從句，是不能省略的。