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1、2019高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（7）李仕才AIn the tiny village of Angelica, New York, the post office is more than a place to get mail or send packages. There youll find the heart of this lovely community. Its where villagers meet and greet friends.When Angelicas post office was threatened with being closed in the 1980
2、s，a villager，Pat, came up with a plan to save it. “At Christmas time I would hear on the news about towns named Snow or Bethlehem having celebrations,” says Pat, “Why couldnt we do the same thing with Angelica?”Pat, who is an artist，created a postal cancellation (邮戳) design featuring an Angelica ang
3、el.She drew her angels in a traditional fashion and submitted her suggestion to the U.S. Postal Service. Once approved, the drawing was carved into a cancellation stamp that could be used for one day only. The postmistress (女邮局局长) then had another idea to make the day even more special calling the p
4、ost office Angel Station.The large increase in mail amount saved Angelicas post office from being closed and keeps the doors open today.Now its tradition that on the first Friday in December，people come to Angelica to mail their Christmas cards. Each year the amount of mail going through the Angelic
5、a Post Office increases during late November and early December. Stamp collectors from around the world have accepted the Angel Station cancellation, some sending mail from as far away as France.Because the stamp is destroyed each season, Pat draws a new angel that conveys seasons greetings from Ang
6、el Station every year. Post offices may close in other parts of the country, but this tiny one continues.1.What did Pat do to save the post office?A. She invented a new cancellation.B. She hosted Christmas celebrations.C. She gave the office a better name.D. She designed a special set of stamps.2.Wh
7、ich of the following can best describe Pat?A. Curious and friendly.B. Humorous and intelligent.C. Creative and warm-hearted.3.What can we learn about Angelicas post office from the passage?A. It was completely closed in the 1980s.B. Its name has been changed many times.C. It is also the centre of lo
8、cal social life.D. Its stamp remains the same each season.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了Angelica邮局及制作邮票的人Pat。1.A 【解析】细节理解题。 根据文中Pat, who is an artist，created a postal cancellation (邮戳) design featuring an Angelica angel.的描述可知为她发明了一个新的邮戳，故选A。3.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据文中Because the stamp is destroyed each season, Pat dra
9、ws a new angel that conveys seasons greetings from Angel Station every year.的描述可知它的名字曾经被改过很多次，故选B。B(2015北京东城区综合练习二)According to game maker Hasbro，approximately 750 million people have played the wellknown game Monopoly since it was invented in the 1930s.Charles Darrow is typically credited as the in
10、ventor of the worlds most famous board game.However, he likely originated his version of Monopoly from one of several other games similarly involving house buying and selling that were already in existence before the 1930s when he got his patent(专利) for the game.A probable reason that Darrows Monopo
11、ly became the hugely successful game that still exists today is that he took a great approach to producing it.Other similar games existed, but they had no board or regulation pieces.With the help of his wife and son, who decorated the sets with details, Darrow personally created the pieces and board
12、s that became the first Monopoly game sets.His extra work in creating the entire environment that players needed gave his game something extra that other variations did not have.Darrow had success in selling his games in various parts of the country.Several Philly area stores were the first to carry
13、 his game and sell it in large quantities.However, Darrow had difficulty selling his game to the major game producer of the time, Parker Brothers.He was told that his game was too complex and had fundamental errors in its design that would limit its appeal.Eventually, the continued sales he managed
14、on his own forced Parker Brothers to reassess the worth of his game.In the end, the company agreed to produce the game and shortly afterwards it became the bestselling game in the country.That success turned Charles Darrow into a millionaire, which is the heavy ironyDarrow initially began work on Mo
15、nopoly to help support himself and his family following the financial troubles tied to the stock market crash of 1929.Thus, Charles Darrow became a millionaire by producing a game that allows “regular” people to feel like they are buying and selling real homes and land like millionaires. 1What made
16、Darrows Monopoly different from other similar games?AThe way of avoiding financial troubles.BThe safe environment created for players.CThe buying and selling of real homes and land.DThe specific pieces and a playing board in each set.2The author suggests in Paragraph 3 that _AMonopoly was initially too complex to playBDarrow failed to make expected prof
