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).
1.A. impatient B. important C. unclear D. inactive
2.A. turn off B. eat up C. sell out D. throw away
3.A. sent B. returned C. lent D. sold
4.A. no B. various C. silly D. cruel
5.A. people B. time C. clues D. books
6.A. funny B. inside C. useless D. outside
7.A. phone B. mirror C. TV set D. computer
8.A. stored B. put C. bought D. borrowed
9.A. bored B. interested C. worried D. satisfied
10.A. cheapest B. cleverest C. highest D. Easiest
—The smile on your father’s face shows that he is satisfied with your result.
—_________. I have made my every effort.
A. I’m afraid so B. I’m afraid not
C. I suppose so D. It’s hard to say
—Do you know _________?
—Next Friday.
A. when will we have the sports meeting
B. when we will have the sports meeting
C. when we had the sports meeting
D. when did we have the sports meeting
— The novel isn’t easy for Xiao Wang to read, is it?
— ________. His foreign language is far better than expected.
A. Yes, it is B. No, it isn’t
C. I don’t think so D. I’m afraid not
I never doubt ________ the places of interest is worth ________.
A. whether; visiting B. that; to visit
C. whether; a visit D. that; a visit
— Do I have to sell my old computer? It almost stops working.
— You ________ do so, it only needs ________. Something has gone wrong with it.
A. mustn’t; to repair B. can’t; repairing
C. needn’t; repairing D. may not; to repair