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Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail(快递) is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail.

“The letter should be sent next Mother’s Day and not a day earlier!” Lin Xiaofan, a college student in Shanghai, tells one of the companies offering the service.

Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mother’s Day.

“Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of ‘time’ in another way,” said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a “future mail” company. Zheng thinks “future mail” letters help remind us of care, friendship and love.

While “future mail” is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive.

Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract(签订合同) to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged.

Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar(白领) workers. Psychologists (心理学家) said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service. Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection(联系) between the past and the present when they receive the letter.

1.“Future mail” is a/an ______ way to send your letter.

A．fast               B．old

C．new                 D．cheap

2.The underlined word “compensate” means ______ in Chinese.

A．赔偿               B.完成

C. 送达               D.抛弃

3.The “future mail” service is popular among ______.

A．junior students    B．college students

C．young children     D．blue-collar workers

4.The “future mail” service can help us ______.

A. sign a contract

B. express our love and care

C. forget friendship

D. understand the meaning of “time” in a wrong way

5.You’d better use “future mail” if you want to ______.

A．save money from sending express mail

B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly

C．talk with your friends about your life freely

D．send a your best wishes to yourself on  January 1, 2020

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一种新的通讯形式：future mail service。介绍了其具体形式、利弊及保障等等。

1.C细节理解题。题意：“Future mail” 是一种发送你的信件的什么方式？A．fast快速的；B．old旧的；C．new新的；D．cheap便宜的。由第一自然段最后一句：there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail.可知这是一种新的方式。故选C。

2.2】A 词义猜测题。题意：有下划线的 “compensate” 的汉语意思是什么？A．赔偿；B.完成；C. 送达；D.抛弃 。根据句意：顾客签订合同以确保在信件被弄丢或是损坏的情况下得到compensate。可以推测出其含义是“赔偿”。故选A。

3.3】B 细节理解题。题意： “future mail” service在哪些人中受欢迎？A．junior students中学生；B．college students大学生；C．young children小孩；D．blue-collar workers蓝领工人。根据短文最后一段第一句：Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar workers.可知，其主要的顾客是“大学生”和“白领”。故选B。

4.4】Ｂ 细节理解题。题意：The “future mail” service 可以帮助我们做什么？A. sign a contract签合同；B. express our love and care表达关爱；C. forget friendship忘记友情；D. understand the meaning of “time” in a wrong way以错误的方式明白时间的意义。根据第二段和最后一段可知，The “future mail” service可以帮助人们表达自己的感受及爱。故选B。

5.5】D推理判断题。题意：如果你想要做什么时，你最好用 “future mail”？A．save money from sending express mail节省邮费；B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly快速地给朋友寄生日礼物；C．talk with your friends about your life freely和朋友自由地谈论你的生活；D．send your best wishes to yourself on January 1, 2020在2020年1月1日，把你最好的祝愿寄给自己。根据短文第一句可知，future mail可以寄未来的邮件。故选D。

考点：考查科教类短文阅读。