Question

    When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really good memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting. My small hands could________________get the mail without using a key! I always couldn’t wait to see how much I was ________________. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run   back home and show it to my mother. When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

After my family moved back to  Singapore, I_________________going  to  the post office. Years  later,  my  company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my birthday with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we________________up to a  beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going________________the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small shop caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China_________________sign.

We asked the owner if she could really send mails. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe, _______________we were at the highest top  of the mountain.  I picked one postcard  out and asked my friends to   write_________________a birthday note. We  bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the    postcard.

Three weeks later, I arrived home and opened my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.

That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had________________the post office all these years. Today I________________send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office  buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A.easily B.simply C.hardly D.specially

2.A.weighing B.getting C.selecting D.accepting

3.A.enjoyed B.stopped C.hated D.considered

4.A.broke B.woke C.grew D.stood

5.A.around B.over C.up D.down

6.A.Traffic B.Life C.Police D.Post

7.A.because B.though C.while D.when

8.A.him B.me C.her D.them

9.A.missed B.influenced C.studied D.visited

10.A.just B.seldom C.still D.never

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

本文讲述了和妈妈去邮局的那一段路是美好的回忆。从家门外的邮箱里收到信也同样令人兴奋。搬家到新加坡后就再也没有邮寄过信。后来公司派作者到上海，作者和五个朋友在龙胜山顶上看见一个带有中国邮政牌子的小店。又开始邮寄明信片。

1.句意：不用钥匙我的小手就能容易地拿到信！

A. easily容易地，B. simply简单词，C. hardly几乎不， D. specially尤其。根据“get the mail without using a key!”可知，不用钥匙拿到信，因此是很容易的，故选A。

2.句意：我从来都是迫不及待想看到我拿到几封信。

A. weighing称重，B. getting得到，C. selecting挑选，D. accepting接受。根据前文的“get the mail”可知，表示要看看拿到的信，故选B。

3.句意：我家搬到新加坡后，我不再去邮局。

A. enjoyed喜欢，B. stopped停止，C. hated憎恨，D. considered考虑。根据“Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again”几年后，我的公司派我到上海，邮局重回到我的生活，可知这几年，我停止去邮局，故选B。

4.句意：日出时，我们醒来在山顶欣赏美丽的景色。

A. broke折断，B. woke醒来，C. grew成长，D. stood 站立。结合常识，日出应是要醒的很早才能看到，wake up“醒来”，故选B。

5.句意：下午稍晚的时候，正当我们下山从观日出的地方返回时，一个小店引起了我们的注意。

A. around 周围，B. over 在……之上，C. up向上，D. down向下。根据“returning from the sunrise viewing place”可知，从观日出的地方返回，应是下山了，故选D。

6.句意：小店只卖面条、咖啡，有一个中国邮政的牌子。

A. Traffic交通，B. Life生活，C. Police警察，D. Post邮递，职位，帖子。根据“We asked the owner if she could really send mail.”可知，我们问店主是否她真的能邮信，因此表示这里有一个邮政的牌子，故选D。

7.句意：因为我们在山的最高处，几乎难以相信。

A. because因为，B. though尽管，C. while然而，D. when当……时候。结合句意，不相信这个小店能邮件，因为他们在山的最高处，故选A。

8.句意：我挑出一张明信片，让我的朋友给我写生日祝福。

A. him他，B. me我，C. her她，D. them他们。根据后文的“Three weeks later, I arrived home and opened my mailbox: Hello, postcard!”可知，这是写给我的，故选B。

9.句意：我已经错过了邮局这么多年。

A. missed错过，B. influenced影响，C. studied 学习，D. visited参观。根据前文的“After my family moved back to Singapore, I________3________going to the post office.”可知，自从我去新加坡再也不去邮局了，故选A。

10.句意：如今，我仍然给朋友邮寄名信片。

A. just仅仅，B. seldom很少，C. still 仍然，D. never从不。根据后文的“And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile”，每次我在邮局买邮票，我都止不住微笑，可知我仍然在给朋友寄明信片，故选C。