Royal Mail Special Delivery
At the Post Office you can send letters and parcels(包裹) in different ways. First-class post takes one to two working days. Second-class post takes two or three working days. And Special Delivery is for important things.
When you send something by Special Delivery, 1._______
first you write the person’s address on the front of the parcel and you address
on the back. 2._______ Then you take it to the Post Office. Tell the assistant
that you want to use Special Delivery. 3._______ Next show her the address, 4.________
and then put the parcel on the scales(称) so she can
weigh it. 5.________ Then give the parcel to the assistant, and say how much it
is worth. She will check you have put your address on the parcel. Then she will
give you a receipt for your parcel. Special Delivery gets there before lunch
the next working day.
In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.
Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.
In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.
1.The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _________.
A．the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen Church
B．Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane
C．Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane
D．Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane
2.From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.
A．Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls
B．Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education
C．Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital
D．Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely
3.The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.
A．her flying experience B．her university education
C．her nursing experience D．her life attitudes
4.According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ________ if she wanted to be a stewardess.
A．be a nurse B．be married C．be a mother D．be young
5.The passage mainly talks about _______.
A．the background of early flying pilots B．the experience of flying passengers
C．the history of early flight attendants D．the development of airplanes
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1.What are the right clothes to protect your skin from the sun ?
A．A baseball hat and light-colored clothes.
B．A baseball hat and dark-colored clothes.
C．A sun hat and light-colored clothes.
D．A sun hat and dark-colored clothes.
2.Where shouldn’t you put sun cream on your body?
A．On your ears and neck. B．Around your eyes and eyelids.
C．On dry skin. D．On darker skin.
3.What is the right way to use sun cream ?
A．Use a little and often B．Use a lot, two or three times a day.
C．Use a lot every two hours. D．Use a little every two hours.
4.Why is it important to spend time in the sun?
A．You can drink more water.
B．It improves dry skin.
C．It’s a chance to wear cool sunglasses.
D．It helps keep your skin and bones healthy.
5.According to the text which of the following is true about sun cream?
A．Sun cream is usually very expensive.
B．Black people don’t need sun cream.
C．Sun cream reduces the risk of skin cancer.
D．Sun cream starts to work immediately.
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 31_________.
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 32_________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 33_________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 34_________ there I sat, waiting for the light to 35_________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 36_________.
I started wondering why I 37_________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 38_________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 39_________ in going through it.
Much later that 40_________, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light 41_________ me. I think I stopped 42_________ it’s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It’ s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 43_________: we don’t go through red lights.
We do 44_________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.
I was so 45_________ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.
1. A．fast B．slowly C．carefully D．hard
2. A．late B．alone C．worried D．afraid
3. A．green B．yellow C．red D．dark
4. A．and B．or C．so D．but
5. A．return B．change C．start D．continue
6. A．attention B．background C．direction D．information
7. A．refused B．decided C．prepared D．forgot
8. A．hardly B．luckily C．usually D．clearly
9. A．danger B．excuse C．space D．energy
10. A．moment B．night C．afternoon D．morning
11. A．depended on B．looked forward to C．stayed away from D．came back to
12. A．though B．unless C．because D．until
13. A．me B．it C．him D．us
14. A．what B．how C．why D．that
15. A．tired B．ready C．proud D．sorry
--I’ve run out of money to buy a new bike. –Oh, _________. You have to walk.
A．that’s right B．that’s too bad C．go ahead D．excuse me
They are able to talk openly to one another whenever _________ of them feels hurt.
A．either B．both C．some D．all
