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完形填空先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后從下面四個(gè)答案中選擇可以填入

相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。 (本大題共10分，每小題1分)

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(jià)者).

1.A. impatient B. importantC. unclearD. inactive

2.A. turn offB. eat upC. sell outD. throw away

3.A. sent B. returnedC. lentD. sold

4.A. noB. variousC. sillyD. cruel

5.A. peopleB. timeC. cluesD. books

6.A. funnyB. insideC. uselessD. outside

7.A. phoneB. mirrorC. TV setD. computer

8.A. storedB. putC. boughtD. borrowed

9.A. boredB. interestedC. worriedD. satisfied

10.A. cheapest B. cleverestC. highestD. easiest

 

Answer 1

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：這篇短文主要介紹了在美國(guó)如何處理一些無(wú)法郵寄的郵件，人們一般是首先打開郵件，看看里面是否能提供有關(guān)信息，對(duì)于一些實(shí)在無(wú)法郵寄的物品，則進(jìn)行拍賣。

1.1】考查語(yǔ)境理解及形容詞。Impatient焦躁的，沒(méi)耐心的；important重要的；unclear不清楚的；inactive，不活躍的，懶惰的。聯(lián)系后半句描述，可知此處指的是不清楚的地址。故選C。

2.2】考查語(yǔ)境理解及短語(yǔ)辨析。turn off關(guān)掉，關(guān)閉；eat up吃光，耗盡；sell out賣完，賣光；throw away扔掉，丟棄。聯(lián)系后半句描述，可知此處指的是，郵局又不能扔掉這些郵件。故選D。

3.3】考查語(yǔ)境理解及動(dòng)詞辨析。Sent送；returned歸還，返回；lent借出；sold銷售。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是送到某個(gè)地方，故選A。

4.4】考查語(yǔ)境理解及形容詞。No沒(méi)有；various各種各樣的；silly愚蠢的；cruel殘酷的。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是工人們有各種各樣的辦法來(lái)處理這些無(wú)法郵寄的郵件。故選B。

5.5】考查語(yǔ)境理解及名詞辨析。People人，人們；time時(shí)間，次數(shù)；clues線索；books書籍。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是，他們首先尋找有助于他們分發(fā)郵件的線索。故選C。

6.6】考查語(yǔ)境理解及形容詞。Funny有趣的；inside里邊的；useless無(wú)用的；outside 外邊的。聯(lián)系前半句描述，可知此處指的是，他們希望里邊的某些東西會(huì)表明這個(gè)包裹來(lái)自哪里或者要去哪里。故選B。

7.7】考查語(yǔ)境理解及名詞。Phone電話；mirror鏡子；TV set電視機(jī)；computer 電腦。聯(lián)系下文d check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen描述，可知此處指的是，這些無(wú)法郵寄的郵件也會(huì)被錄入電腦。故選D。

8.8】考查語(yǔ)境理解及動(dòng)詞。Stored儲(chǔ)藏，存儲(chǔ)；put放；bought買；borrowed借入。聯(lián)系后兩句描述，可知此處指的是，這些郵件不能簡(jiǎn)單的存儲(chǔ)。故選A。

9.9】考查語(yǔ)境理解及形容詞。Bored無(wú)聊的，煩人的；interested感興趣的；worried擔(dān)心的；satisfied滿意的。聯(lián)系前一句描述，可知此處指的是對(duì)這些拍賣品感興趣的人。故選B。

10.10】考查語(yǔ)境理解及形容詞。Cheapest最便宜的；cleverest最聰明的；highest最高的；easiest最容易的。結(jié)合常識(shí)可知，在拍賣會(huì)上物品屬于出價(jià)最高者。故選C。

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