Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）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 (拍卖). 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 (出价者).
A．impatient B．important C．unclear D．inactive
A．turn off B．eat up C．sell out D．throw away
A．sent B．returned C．lent D．sold
A．no B．various C．silly D．cruel
A．people B．time C．clues D．books
A．funny B．inside C．useless D．outside
A．phone B．mirror C．TV set D．computer
A．stored B．put C．bought D．borrowed
A．bored B．interested C．worried D．satisfied
A．cheapest B．cleverest C．highest D．Easiest
A young woman 1 alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .
“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the 2 .
“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and 3 the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you 4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time 5 year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said 6 except for a nod of the head or something else.
Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a 7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror 8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.
As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.
When she got to the next village she 9 . She found that the old lady had left a 10 behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!
A．has driven B．had driven C．was driving D．drove
A．door B．car C．glass D．hand
A．took in B．got off C．got into D．went to
A．lain B．kept C．sat D．waited
A．out B．of C．in D．off
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．boy B．girl C．woman D．man
A．quickly B．clearly C．carefully D．slowly
A．feared B．slept C．stood D．stopped
A．shoe B．box C．handbag D．watch
Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them 4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a 5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 7 the necklace. The earrings would cost 8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that 9 . Quick!”
With shaking 10 , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
A．ended B．stayed C．stopped D．lasted
A．busy B．quiet C．noisy D．wide
A．die B．escape C．fight D．sleep
A．out B．away C．off D．down
A．funny B．safe C．brave D．great
A．handed B．threw C．passed D．put
A．own B．keep C．have D．get
A．cheap B．expensive C．more D．less
A．afraid B．angry C．silly D．bad
A．hands B．feet C．head D．body
The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.
Usually，George’s 3 would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.
When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George5 his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6 no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to7 the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.
George told John that no one was at home and Johns mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”
A．to go B．go C．to go to D．goes to
A．ordering B．orderly C．order D．orders
A．father B．neighbor C．mother D．doctor
A．before B．after C．when D．while
A．hoped B．thought C．said D．preferred
A．almost B．already C．always D．still
A．get B．make C．find D．buy
A．called B．loved C．thanked D．visited
A．From B．About C．To D．Of
A．word B．saying C．sentence D．lesson
A saint (圣人) found a group of family members shouting angrily at each other on a river bank. He asked his disciples(信徒), “ 1 do people shout when they are angry with each other?” The disciples2 for a while and one of them said, “Because they lose their calm.”
“But why should they shout when the other persons are just 3 them? They can tell them what they have to say in a 4 manner.” Asked the saint.
The disciples gave some other answers but 5 made the saint pleased. Finally the saint 6 , “When two people are angry with each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout in order to 7 each other. The angrier they are, the8 they will have to shout to cover that great distance. What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. The distance9 them is very small or doesn’t exist(存在).”
The saint looked at his disciples and continued, “So when you argue with other people, do not say words that distance each other, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the 10 to return.
A．What B．When C．Where D．Why
A．thought B．laughed C．cried D．rested
A．far from B．next to C．across from D．in the front of
A．hard B．lively C．soft D．bad
A．everyone B．anyone C．someone D．none
A．explained B．answered C．replied D．asked
A．see B．watch C．hear D．listen to
A．softer B．louder C．larger D．higher
A．by B．near C．among D．between
A．way B．answer C．home D．person
There are lots of rules at Selina’s school.
She agrees with some__1__ them. For example, they can’t arrive ___2___ , they can’t run in the hallways, and they can’t eat in class. All___3___ rules are okay because they’re reasonable(合情合理的).
But there are some rules Selina___4___agree with. For example, at her school they have to wear a uniform and they can’t wear jeans. But she thinks jeans are___5___because they’re comfortable. In school, they can’t listen to music in art class. Selina doesn’t agree with this rule. She thinks ___6____ music in art crass is okay.
Selina___7___ has to follow some rules at home. For example, ___8____ she wants towatch TV, she has to finish her homework first. And she can’t go out with her friends ___9___school nights, that is, from Monday to Friday, she also has to clean her room ___10___week. Luckily, she doesn’t have to take out the trash（垃圾）. She hates it.
A．of B．from C．to D．under
A．busy B．late C．scary D．happy
A．this B．that C．these D．it
A．didn’t B．isn’t C．don’t D．doesn’t
A．good B．heavy C．bad D．expensive
A．listening B．listening to C．listen to D．listen
A．too B．else C．also D．other
A．because B．so C．but D．if
A．on B．in C．at D．with
A．two B．next C．every D．last