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 (出價者).
小題1:
A．impatientB．importantC．unclearD．inactive
小題2:
A．turn offB．eat upC．sell outD．throw away
小題3:
A．sentB．returnedC．lentD．sold
小題4:
A．noB．variousC．sillyD．cruel
小題5:
A．peopleB．timeC．cluesD．books
小題6:
A．funnyB．insideC．uselessD．outside
小題7:
A．phoneB．mirrorC．TV setD．computer
小題8:
A．storedB．putC．boughtD．borrowed
小題9:
A．boredB．interestedC．worriedD．satisfied
小題10:
A．cheapestB．cleverestC．highestD．easiest

小題1:C
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小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:C

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了如何處理哪些無效信件。有些信件由于地址不清楚而且沒有返回地址成為了無效郵件。在美國有很多種處理方式，首先工作人員會打開信件或包裹來尋找投遞線索；或者在網(wǎng)上公布清單讓人認領(lǐng)；還有些東西會進行拍賣。
小題1:考查形容詞與語境理解。結(jié)合前后文此句為：或許有封信地址不清楚而且沒有返回地址。A 沒耐心的；B 重要的；C 不清楚的；D 不活躍的；結(jié)合語境故選C。
小題2:考查動詞與語境理解。結(jié)合后文so it becomes “dead mail”所以它成為了無效信件；此句為：郵局無法投遞只能扔了。A 關(guān)掉；B 吃完；C 賣完；D 扔掉；故選D。
小題3:考查動詞與語境理解。這里講的是如何處理這些無效信件，此句為：這些無效信件被送到亞特蘭大，紐約或者舊金山的郵局服務(wù)處。A 發(fā)送；B 返回；C 借出；D 出售；結(jié)合語境故選A。
小題4:考查形容詞與語境理解。從后文得知，處理這些信件有不同的方法，此句為：那里的工作人員有不同的處理這些無效信件的方法。A 沒有；B 各種各樣的；C 笨的；D 殘忍的；結(jié)合語境故選B。
小題5:考查名詞與語境理解。這里講到了他們要尋找線索，此句為：他們尋找可以幫助他們投遞郵件的線索。A 人；B 時間；C 線索；D 書；結(jié)合語境故選C。
小題6:考查副詞與語境理解。結(jié)合前文they open packages,他們打開包裹；故此句為：希望從里面找到東西能告訴他們郵件從哪發(fā)出的或送到哪里去。A 有趣的；B 里面；C 除非；D 外面；結(jié)合語境故選B。
小題7:考查名詞與語境理解。結(jié)合后文so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen.所以人們可以從屏幕上確認丟失的東西是否在上面；故此句為：他們會在電腦上列個清單。A 電話；B 鏡子；C 電視；D 電腦；故選D。
小題8:考查動詞與語境理解。從后文得知這些信件還會做其他處理，故此句為：然而，這些東西不會永久的存放著。A 存放；B 放；C 買；D 借；結(jié)合語境故選A。
小題9:考查形容詞與語境理解。這里講到了東西的拍賣，此句為：每三個月，那些對包裹里的東西感興趣的人會被邀請參加拍賣；A 無聊的；B 感興趣的；C 擔(dān)心的；D 滿意的；故選B。
小題10:考查形容詞與語境理解。從前文得知，這些東西會進行拍賣，所以此句為：它們會賣給那些出價最高的人。A 最便宜的；B 最聰明的；C 最高的；D 最容易的；結(jié)合語境故選C。
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