閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

（一）

Sometimes it is impossible to deliver all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an inadequate or illegible address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just throw the mail away， so it becomes “dead mail”.

Dead mail is sent to one of the U. S. Postal Services dead mail offices in Atlanta， New York， Philadelphia， St. Paul， and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can end up in these offices in one year.

The staff of the dead mail offices has a variety of ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all， they look for clues that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages in the hope that something inside will show where the package comes from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a computer so that people can call in and check to see if a missing item is there.? However， all of this mail cannot simply be stored forever;there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail has piled up， the dead mail offices hold public auctions. Every three months， the public is invited to the offices and bins containing items found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the highest bidder.

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to deal with dead mail？

A. To search for clues.

B. To throw dead mail away.

C. To open dead mail.

D. To list dead mail on a computer.

2. The staff in a dead mail office may open a package in order to find _______.

A. some money? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. some missing objects

C. an address? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. a computer

3. The passage indicates that dead mail auctions are held _______.

A. once a year? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. twice a year

C. three times a year? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. four times a year

4. Which is the best title for the passage？

A. Dead Mail? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Mail Auction

C. Unknown Mail? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. The Dead Mail Office

（二）

When you are reading something in English， you may often meet with a new word. Whats the best way to know it？ You may look it up in an English-Chinese Dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word： the pronunciation， the part of speech， the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words？ How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly？

First， all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A， B， C， D… That means， if there are two words “general” and “monitor”， “general” will be certainly before “monitor”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter， you may look at the second letter. Then the third， the fourth… For example， “before” is before “begin”， “foreigner” before “forest”， etc. Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary？

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope youll use it as often as possible in your English learning.

1. according to the passage， if we dont know a word， wed better _______.

A. think hard

B. write it again and again

C. ask our teacher or classmate

D. look it up in a dictionary

2. When you look up a word in the English-Chinese Dictionary， you should understand not only its Chinese meaning， but also _______.

A. its pronunciation

B. its part of speech

C. the use of it

D. A， B and C

3. In the English-Chinese Dictionary， the first part is _______.

A. the words beginning with the letter A

B. the words beginning with the letter B

C. the simple words

D. the very short words

4. Here are four words： （1） regular （2） relative （3） reject （4） religion.

The right order in the English-Chinese Dictionary is _______.

A. （1）， （2）， （3）， （4）

B. （1）， （3）， （2）， （4）

C. （2）， （3）， （4）， （1）

D. （3）， （1）， （4）， （2）

5. The English-Chinese Dictionary is _______.

A. useful in our Chinese learning

B. our good friend in learning Chinese

C. a good friend in our English learning

D. not useful in learning English

（三）

For Jennifer， the word ceramics usually reminded her about pottery. Today as she listened to Dr. Kramer， the word took on a new sense. “Your aunt has broken the bone in her hip， Jennifer. Age has taken its tax on her bone structure， so we need to replace her hip with a new one made out of ceramics and metal. Ive described the program to your aunt， and now she must decide if she wants to undergo surgery.” Jennifer was unsettled by Dr. Kramers advice. However， her mind was set at ease when she heard her aunt say， “A ceramic hip is no big deal， Jennifer！ Why， there are people whove lost arms and legs and now have artificial limbs that work nearly as well as the natural ones. There are artificial hearts for people whose hearts have failed to work properly. All theseadvances offer new life for folks like me.” “Aunt Nancy， you sound like a medical advertisement，”

Jennifer interrupted. “From now on， Ill call you my robot aunt！” “I like that！” Aunt Nancy said， “Never doubt that your robot aunt would prefer having a natural hip， but if its a choice between a useless hip and a useful one， then Ill take the artificial one.”

1. Jennifer describes Aunt Nancy as sounding “l(fā)ike a medical advertisement” because Aunt Nancy _______.

A. knew much about the replacement of body parts

B. sold medical products

C. praised the hospital doctor

D. wrote an article about replacement surgery

2. The author of the story seems to_______.

A. oppose the use of artificial body parts

B. take pity on Jennifer

C. support the use of artificial body parts

D. be anxious for surgical patients

3. The term “robot-aunt” suggests that Aunt Nancy_______.

A. will have the ability to walk again

B. will have a nonhuman part， as does a robot

C. has a natural hip

D. will have strength beyond that of most humans

4. What will probably happen next？

A. Jennifer will ask Aunt Nancy to reconsider her decision.

B. Dr. Kramer will refuse to perform the operation.

C. Aunt Nancy will be operated on by Dr. Kramer.

D. Jennifer will persuade her aunt to put off the operation.

參考答案與解析

（一）

本文主要是講有關dead mail 的形成以及郵局對dead mail 的處理方法。

1. B。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文中的…they look for clues…they open packages…Dead mail will also be listed on a computer so that…可知，選項A、C、D均提到了，但沒有提到期To throw dead mail away 故選B。

2. C。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第3段中的 …they open packages in the hope that something inside will show where the package came from or is going to 可知答案為C。

3. D。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文中的 all of this mail cannot simply be stored forever …Every three months 可推出答案為D。

4. A。主旨大意題。文章主要談及Dead Mail及其處理方法，故答案選A。

（二）

本文主要告訴人們如何查字典的。

1. D。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù) You may look it up in an English –Chinese Dictionary 可知答案為D。

2. D。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù) It will tell you a lot about the word： the pronunciation， the part of speech， the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word可知答案為D。

3. A。推理判斷題。根據(jù) In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A， B， C， D…可知答案為A。

4. B。事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù) In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A， B， C， D…可知字典上的單詞排序是以英文字母的排序為基礎的，因此答案為B。

5. C。推理判斷題。根據(jù) The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope youll use it as often as possible in your English learning可知漢英字典是我們英語學習中的好幫手。故答案為C。

（三）

本文是講醫(yī)生要用制陶術給Nancy換臀。Nancy同意接受手術。

1. A。推理判斷題。根據(jù) A ceramic hip is no big deal， Jennifer！ Why， there are people whove lost arms and legs and now have artificial[人造的] limbs[肢] that work nearly as well as the natural ones. There are artificial hearts for people whose hearts have failed to work properly. All these advances offer new life for folks like me 可知Nancy用人造肢和人造心臟解釋陶瓷臀，非常詳細以致于Jennifer認為她聽起來像在做廣告。故答案為A。

2. C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)Nancy 對人造身體部位的理解All these advances offer new life for folks like me由此可推斷作者的態(tài)度是支持的。故答案為C。

3. B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)“I like that！” Aunt Nancy said及文章最后 then Ill take the artificial one.可推知Aunt Nancy同意換陶瓷臀，也就是說要有一個非人類的部位。故可推斷答案為B。

4. C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)Dr. Kramer說的話we need to replace her hip with a new one made out of ceramics and metal 和Aunt Nancy的態(tài)度then Ill take the artificial one可推知Dr. Kramer將要給Aunt Nancy做手術，故答案選C。