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1、Passage 28When you have a post-office box, the postman doesnt bring letters to you, but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, only you have the key, so the letters and parcels are safe.One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office
2、and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why havent we got a post-office box yet?”This was the answer from the post-office:“Dear sir,We gave
3、 you a post-office box two months ago and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”1. When you have a post-office box, _.A. it is easier for you to write letters B. you will have more letters than parcelsC. you get your letters in front of yo
4、ur house D. you go to the post-office to get your letters2. The word “key” in this passage means _.A. 邮件 B. 密码 C. 编号 D. 钥匙3. The headmaster _.A. wrote many letters to the post-office B. didnt like the postmanC. didnt know how a post-office box worked D. forgot to pay for the post-office box4. When t
5、he post-office said that you could get a post-office box, he meant _.A. you may go to the post-office to get your mails B. you must wait to get the post-office boxC. you must write again to get the key D. you must pay for the box before you got it5. Which of the following might not be true?A. If you
6、 want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know.B. When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman.C. You go to the post-office to get the key to your box.D. After you get a post-office box, the postman will not send mails to your house.Passage 29New York is on
7、e of the most exciting cities in the world.You might want to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New Yorks most famous shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to “window shop” only. This is shopping for the rich. There are other, less expensive shopping areas nearby, and youll
8、 soon come across famous stores such as Bloomingdales, Macys and FAO Scgwartz.And if youve brought your rollerblades, then a visit to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhatton, but if you thought that people came here to relax, sit down for a few minutes and
9、 got away from the rush of New York life, then youd be wrong. Nobody sits in Central park: they run, jog（慢跑）, and most of all they rollerblade.When you leave New York, you might be tired, even poor and overweight, but the one thing you wont be is bored!1. Why would you probably only “window shop” in
10、 Fifth Avenue?A. Because many people window shop there. B. Because it is too expensive there.C. Because it is a famous shopping street. D. Because Fifth Avenue is an exciting place.2. What dont people do in Central Park according to the author?A. Jogging. B. Running. C. Rollerblading. D. Sitting dow
11、n relaxing.3. What kind of city is New York according to the passage?A. It is a boring place. B. It is an exciting place.C. There is nothing interesting to be mentioned about it. D. It is a city full of rollskaters.4. In the last paragraph, the writer implies _.A. you are actually poor B. you are in
12、 fact too fat to go roundC. you are attracted by New York D. you are bored with New York5. The meaning of “window shop” in the second paragraph means _.A. buy windows only B. only look at windowsC. looking only without buying D. looking and buyingPassage 30Foulsham House is a fine, large house of th
13、e 1790s. It stands by the Rive Byre, in twenty-five hectares（公顷）of the best farmland in the southwest.The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulshams wild woods（野外）parties. Ma
14、ny years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room.The house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms, two living-rooms, and a dining-room with a real Adam fire-place. Its library has a good view over the park and the river. All rooms are li
15、ght and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors.At the back of the house there is room for four cars. The third Foulsham once kept horses there. In many other ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s.If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to:Harvey. Platt, Longford & Sons 6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside.1. Foulsham House is _.A. an old farm house B. a 25-hectare house by the River ByreC. a large house for people to come to listen to its storyD. a house with
