15．Bar codes are one way that the U．S．Postal Service streamlines mail of the wrong hands．A letter that comes without a bar code or cancelled stamp might not have been processed by the U．S．Postal Service and it might indicate that something's fishy．（可疑的）Can you decode a bar code the way the U．S．Postal Service can？
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1．Here's how to read the bar code on your letter．
•Most U．S．letter bar codes have bars of two lengths：long and short．
•Every bar code should start and end with long bars； ignore those．
•Look at the rest of the bars in groups of five，starting with the second bar．Each group of five represents one digit．（數(shù)字）
2．Here's how to figure out what those digits are．
•The five bars stand for one of these numbers：7，4，2，1，0．
•Some genius figured out that this range would allow you to come up with the digits 0to 9．You do it by adding the numbers of the long bars together．
Say you have this bar code：
Here，the 4and 2places have long bars．Added together，they total 6，so this bar code stands for 6．
Say you have this bar code：
The 1and 0places have long bars．Added together，they total 1，so this bar code stands for 1．
Say you have this bar code：
The 7and 4pieces have long bars．Added together，they total 11，but there is no 11in this system，so this bar code stands for 0．
3．Now let's look at the bar code on a letter．

Ignore the first and last bars of the whole bar code．Then look at the next 20bars to find the zip code （0680）．The next two sets of five bars give your mail carrier's number （10153）．The rest of the bars in the bar code indicate the house or maibox number．The house number is 32．

63．Why does US Postal Service just use five numbers for the five bars？D
A．They are easy to read．            B．They are ohosen only by accident．
C．They can stand for the long bars． D．They are enough to make ten digits．
64．Which of the following bar codes otands for"7"according to the text？B
A．   B．  C．  D．
65．According to the text，we know thatC．
A．the bar code often beings with a short bar
B．the last short her is often ignored
C．the mail route should follow the zip code
D．the bar code can show your house color
66．The purpose of the text is to let us know how toB．
A．create a bar code  B．recognize a bar code
C．send a letter      D．make the maibox safe．

分析 本文為應(yīng)用文，介紹了如何從郵局的條碼中找到對應(yīng)的數(shù)字及地址．

解答 63-66 DBCB
63．答案D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二部分第二段"Some genius figured out that this range would allow you to come up with the digits 0to 9"可知，這五個數(shù)字就足夠組成0--9之間的數(shù)了．故選D．
64．答案B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二部分"Say you have this bar code：Here，the 4and 2places have long bars．Added together，they total 6，so this bar code stands for 6．"和"Say you have this bar code：The 1and 0places have long bars．Added together，they total 1，so this bar code stands for 1．"可知，五個數(shù)字的順序是不變的，把最高那條代表的數(shù)字加起來就是這個條碼代表的數(shù)字．A選項最高條碼為7，4，代表11，根據(jù)"The 7and 4pieces have long bars．Added together，they total 11，but there is no 11in this system，so this bar code stands for 0．"可知，A為0．B最高條碼為7，0，加起來為7．C最高條碼為7，2，密碼為9．D最高條碼為2，0，密碼為2．故答案選B．
65．答案C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三部分第一段"Then look at the next 20bars to find the zip code （0680）．"可知，郵政編碼與條碼要一致．故選C．
66．答案B．寫作目的題．根據(jù)文章第一段"Can you decode a bar code the way the U．S．Postal Service can？Here's How"可知，本文主要講解如何從郵局的條碼中找到對應(yīng)的數(shù)字及地址．故選B．

點評 應(yīng)試技巧和解題步驟：首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料． 其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息． 要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．

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7．The cheapest room and board in Jefferson City，Missouri，over the weekend was at the county jail（監(jiān)獄），and 170 people gladly checked in．Cole County charged $ 30 a night for anyone who volunteered to go behind bare on Friday or Saturday night．So officials could give the new jail a test run before it opened for real this week．People from three states spent the night at the jail，including some lawyers and a couple celebrating their first anniversary． 
"It was something they could experience without having to get a criminal record，"Cole County Sheriff （治安官）Greg White said．"They spent the night and gained all understanding that they would not want to ever do this again．"
Jailers tried to give the citizens the full experience．They were told to give up their jewelry，cell phones，and other personal belongings．They were booked and photographed and led into the jail commons． They could keep their cell doors open，but that trapped feeling was still there because me outer room doors were locked，said Bob Watson，60，a reporter for the Jefferson City News-Tribune who spent Friday night at the jail．"While it was not a true copy of jail，you got some sense of what it's like to hear that door lock behind you，"Watson said．
Two other feelings were boredom and a lack of choice，illustrated by the television being left on one channel and drowned out anyway by everybody talking．
Bed was a steel bunk with a thin mattress （墊）．Overhead，a 40-watt bulb stayed lit through the night in each cell．Handy for guards to see inmates，but not helpful to good sleep．How about the food？Dinner Friday night included cheesy pasta with turkey bits and coffee cake．"I wouldn't pay for it in a restaurant，but you won't die trying to eat it，"Watson said．
56．The 170 people stayed in the county jail toA．
A．make a holiday                       B．get punishment                
C．do a research                        D．makemoney
57．What's the main idea of the 3rd paragraph？C
A．The jailers performed their duty well．           
B．The jail's test run proved successful．
C．The 170 had the feeling of real prisoners．       
D．The 170 weren't treated as real prisoners．
58．The underlined phrase"illustrated by…"is used toC．
A．introduce a new topic                B．draw a conclusion             
C．give an example                      D．show the result
59．The 170 people were able toDin the county jail．
A．make phone calls                     B．sleep well            
C．go around freely                     D．chat with others
60．How did Watson like the food？B
A．He enjoyed it．                     
B．He didn't like it．
C．He thought it equaled a restaurant's．            
D．He didn't eat Mat all．

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4．One night，I was partying in central London，near Piccadilly Circus．Running short of money，I set off to find the nearest ATM to withdraw some cash．At Shaftesbury Avenue，I saw a huge queue for one ATM machine，but no one was using the neighboring"hole in the wall"．Assuming that the second machine was broken，I asked one queuing man if it was out of order．He replied，"It's working，but this one pays out twenties for tenners!"
So the reason for the weirdly long queue is that these folks wanted to"double their money"by getting£20 notes for each£10 note requested．Being an honest man，I didn't hang about； I simply used the idle machine and walked off．
Last week，customers took similar advantage of Commonwealth Bank in Sydney，Australia．Following overnight maintenance，a computer virus caused CommBank's ATMs to fail to function properly and begin paying out extra money，with unrestricted withdrawals．They allowed customers with little or no cash in their accounts to withdraw large sums that they didn't have．After about 5½hours，CommBank managed to restart these ATMs and stop the flood of cash．
You stole your own cash!
By withdrawing money they didn't have in their accounts，some of these greedy customers have gone heavily overdrawn．News reports indicate that some people were withdrawing as much as AU$2，500 （£1，563）in a single dealing．
Alas，both CommBank and the New South Wales police said that they will use ATM records and cameras to track down those who took advantage of the error．As Detective Superintendent Col Dyson of the New South Wales police department warned，"People should realise that they don't have the right to take that money and are committing a criminal offence if they keep it．"
What about overpayments？
What about when you key in a£20 withdrawal and you get two£20 notes，not two£10 notes？
In English law （covering England and Wales），you have the right to keep money paid to you in error"under mistake of fact"，but only if you honestly believe that the money is yours．
However，if you requested£20，got£40 and£40 was allowed to be lent to you，then the cash is yours to keep，as neither you nor the bank has suffered any loss．

56．The words"hole in the wall"refer toB．
A．a(chǎn) real hole in the wall B．a(chǎn)nother ATM
C．the mouth of a neighbour D．a(chǎn) common machine
57．We learn from the passage that the writerD．
A．saw a huge queue on his way to a party and joined them
B．people queued up to withdraw money because the other ATMs were broken
C．had to use the unoccupied ATM to get some cash because he was in a hurry
D．was critical of what he saw when withdrawing cash from an ATM
58．According to the passage，C．
A．last week，an ATM in Sydney，Australia paid out AU﹩10 for every request for AU﹩20
B．a(chǎn)n ATM in Sydney，Australia was paying out more money than asked for because the bank owner had lifted the restriction
C．the machine paid out more money than requested even when a person had no money in his account
D．some people have been arrested on charge of getting extra money in the two happenings
59．From the part subtitled"What about overpayments？"，we can knowA．
A．some English laws don't cover all Britain 
B．if the money you asked for was more than requested，you'd always have to return the extra money
C．if people kept the extra money they got at a bank they might pretend they did not know it
D．people committed a crime by getting the extra money even if they had that much in their account．

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5．因為污染和樹林被砍，許多河流已干涸了．
Because of pollution and the tree cutting，many rivers havedriedup．

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