My grandmother Lillie Ford Combs was a post woman．Her mail career ___1__ in 1947，when she became a postwoman of the Ellerville Post ore&in Cherokee County．

___2__ the deliveries（投遞物品）she made were brown paper-wrapped packages from Montgomery Ward or Sear Roebuck，which were both ___3__ in Cherokee County．When someone on the route needed something from them，they left the ___4__ and cash in the mailbox．

My grandmother took them all to the post office and ___5__ them out．She delivered fruit，milk，garden seeds，and even baby chickens，with their heads ___6__ out of small coops（籠子），chirping wildly．

But the most ___7__ things were the letters．There were no ___8__ and very few cars in those days．The only way ___9__ family members and friends could ___10__ was through handwritten letters．

The country had been through a very hard time and ___11__ people had the things that we ___12__ necessary for our everyday life today．My grandmother was asked to do things that，today，would be ___13__，such as bringing everyday necessities to country people．

Some people had mailboxes and some did not．___14__，my grandmother cold not leave any mail beside the road ___15__ it belonged to the government．It was hard work，but my grandmother ___16__ it and soon became popular among the people there．If a ___17__ didn't own a mailbox，someone would wait beside the road to pick up the mail ___18__ and share a few stories with her．

My grandmother ___19__ working as a post-woman until the post office closed on December 31，1954．She was a post-woman for more than 7 years，and made many lifelong ___20__．

1．A．changed                B．speeded               C．improved                      D．began

2．A．Among                  B．Before                 C．On                        D．Around

3．A．schools                 B．supermarkets          C．hospitals                D．factories

4．A．goods                 B．letter                    C．order                     D．menu

5．A．read                      B．pulled                  C．blew                      D．mailed

6．A．hanging                    B．trembling             C．circling                  D．shining

7．A．important               B．beautiful               C．surprising               D．expensive

8．A．a(chǎn)ddresses              B．mailboxes             C．phones                   D．radios

9．A．unlucky                 B．faraway               C．clever                    D．poor

10．A．a(chǎn)fford                  B．meet                    C．share                     D．communicate

11．A．many                   B．more                   C．few                       D．a(chǎn)ll

12．A．ensure                 B．consider               C．explain                   D．doubt

13．A．unusual                B．impossible    C．unfair                    D．difficult

14．A．In a word            B．For example           C．Of course              D．As a result

15．A．in case                 B．though                 C．because                 D．even if

16．A．spread                 B．enjoyed                C．protected                      D．developed

17．A．family                  B．town                   C．county                   D．store

18．A．strangely              B．unexpectedly          C．personally              D．unwillingly

20．A．friends                       B．customers            C．followers                      D．a(chǎn)dmirers

To Whom It May Concern:

Your address was forwarded to us by Why Brother Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!

We closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employee sauna.

Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencilwomanship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it.

Now it’s very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane.

Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it’s perfect.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Sincerely yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Eleanor Lightly

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ABC Activity Insurance: Insure against overdoing it

64.　　 Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?

A. A simple, slow-paced life.　　　　　　　 B. A life of hard work and security.

C. A religious, peasant-like life.　　　　　　　　　 D. A life away from paper and pencils.

65.　　 Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?

A.　　 Why Brother Magazine.

B.　　 ABC Activity Insurance Company.

C.　　 Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.

D.　　 The International Institute of Not Doing Much.

66.　　 Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?

A.　　 Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.

B.　　 Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.

C.　　 Recycling paper resources whenever possible.

D.　　 Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.

67.　　 What is true about Maggie?

A.　　 She works as a manager in the author’s company.

B.　　 She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.

C.　　 She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.

D.　　 Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.

How to apply (申請(qǐng)) for a free mailbox (郵箱)? First you have to connect to the Internet and go to the homepage of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find an icon (圖標(biāo)), an agreement about the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go, click the icon “I agree”. Then you have to fill in a form about your basic personal data, and the name and PIN (密碼) of the mailbox. The PIN is the key to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this：your name @ mail server (for example：tvguide@mail.cctv.com.cn. “tvguide” is the name of the mailbox, and “mail.cctv.com.cn” is the name of the mail server.). The mailbox is separated (分隔) into two parts by a separator “@”, which is read as “at”. The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is the domain name (域名) of the mail server. All mails to you will be received by the server and put into your mailbox. You can read these mails on any computer on the Internet in the world, if you have the name and PIN of the mailbox.

If you want to send or receive an e-mail, you should first ____ .

       A. apply for a mailbox   B. buy a computer

       C. go to the post office  D. fill in a form

When you get a FREE mailbox, you can send an e-mail ____ .

       A. by paying some money     B. to anyone

       C. without paying money     D. anywhere

The mailbox’s name in the e-mail address “editor@ew.com.cn.” is ____ .

       A. ew      B. ew.com.cn  C. com.cn       D. editor

The writer mainly wants to tell us how to ____ in this passage.

       A. send a letter by e-mail      B. read the e-mail on computers in the world

       C. get a free mailbox     D. find out one’s e-mail address

We can find the similar information in the book “____”.

       A. Who Moved My Cheese    B. Surfing on the Internet

       C. Bill Gates’ Story D. Harry Potter

Through my school years I never imagined of falling in love. I wanted to stay __1__ just from watching my friends get mistreated（虐待）by their boyfriends all the time. On my junior year, I was just ___2__ 17 and my best friend decides to set me __3__ with a stranger I have never known. I was really lucky to even make it to the place because my parents were so strict __4__ me at the time. So we meet and not even __5__ to say. I wasn't too excited, I was totally nervous. At the time I knew there was __6___ in him I liked. I couldn't understand that __7__ inside telling me he was the one.

My senior year after school ended. He had to leave to the Marines and I __8__ go to Ohio. We both had decided to __9__ our relationship because we didn't think it work from far distance. It was all over. On my 20 birthday there was__10__ on the mail for me. The letter came from a Marine base with his name on it. It had __11__ him a long time to find me and he did. After that day he promised he__12__ let me go again.

   Today he's my__13___, my best friend, and my hero. Within a million's miles away from me, he has kept his__14___. I love him with all my heart and I'm here  waiting. He has deployed（部署，配置） overseas for 8 months and we only _15__by e-mail and sometimes calls on the weekends. Today and every up coming day I wake up with a smile just waiting for him to come back home safe.

（ ）1. A.alone             B. single                   C. lonely                  D.pure

（ ）2. A. attending       B. accepting             C. turning                 D. receiving

（ ）3. A. up                B. down                   C. off                       D. on

（ ）4. A. on                B. at                        C. with                     D. to

（ ）5.A.a talk              B. a word                C. many talks           D. many words

（ ）6. A. everything     B. anything               C. nothing               D. something

（ ）7. A. thought         B. feeling                  C. mood                  D. idea

（ ）8. A. should          B. might                   C. had to                 D. used to 

（ ）9. A. end               B. start                     C.remember             D. forget

（ ）10. A.a man          B. a letter                 C. news                  D. word

（ ）11. A. taken          B. brought                C. spent                   D. paid

（ ）12. A. seldom       B. always                 C. never                   D. ever 

（ ）13. A. workmate   B. neighbor              C.boyfriend              D. husband

（ ）14. A. secret         B. promise       C. way                     D. hobby

（ ）15. A. talk      B. meet                    C. see                      D. communicate

How to apply (申請(qǐng)) for a free mailbox (郵箱)? First you have to connect to the Internet and go to the homepage of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find an icon (圖標(biāo)), an agreement about the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go, click the icon “I agree”. Then you have to fill in a form about your basic personal data, and the name and PIN (密碼) of the mailbox. The PIN is the key to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this：your name @ mail server (for example：tvguide@mail.cctv.com.cn. “tvguide” is the name of the mailbox, and “mail.cctv.com.cn” is the name of the mail server.). The mailbox is separated (分隔) into two parts by a separator “@”, which is read as “at”. The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is the domain name (域名) of the mail server. All mails to you will be received by the server and put into your mailbox. You can read these mails on any computer on the Internet in the world, if you have the name and PIN of the mailbox.

1 If you want to send or receive an e-mail, you should first ____ .

A. apply for a mailbox                 B. buy a computer

C. go to the post office                D. fill in a form

2 When you get a FREE mailbox, you can send an e-mail ____ .

A. by paying some money            B. to anyone

C. without paying money            D. anywhere

3 The mailbox’s name in the e-mail address “editor@ew.com.cn.” is ____ .

A. ew                B. ew.com.cn     C. com.cn          D. editor

4 The writer mainly wants to tell us how to ____ in this passage.

A. send a letter by e-mail            B. read the e-mail on computers in the world

C. get a free mailbox                   D. find out one’s e-mail address

5 We can find the similar information in the book “____”.

A. Who Moved My Cheese           B. Surfing on the Internet

C. Bill Gates’ Story                      D. Harry Potter