When you have a post-office box, the postman doesn’t bring letters to you, but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, only you have the key, so the letters and parcels are safe.
One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”
Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why haven't we got a post-office box yet?”
This was the answer from the post-office:
“Dear sir,
We gave you a post-office box two months and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”
小題1:When you have a post-office box, _____.
A．it is easier for you to write lettersB．you will have more letters than parcels
C．you get your letters in front of your houseD．you got to the post-office to get your letters
小題2:The word “key” in this passage means _____.
A．郵件B．密碼C．編號D．鑰匙
小題3:The headmaster _____.
A．wrote many letters to the post-officeB．didn’t like the postman
C．didn’t know how a post-office box workedD．forgot to pay for the post-office box
小題4:When the post-office said that you could get a post-office, he meant _____.
A．you may go to the post-office to get your mails
B．you must wait to get the post-office box
C．you must write again to get the key
D．you must pay for the box before you got it
小題5:Which of the following might not be true?
A．If you want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know.
B．When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman.
C．You go to the post-office to get the key to your box.
D．After you get a post-office box, the post man will not send mails to your house.

小題1:D
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小題1:C
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　　A WOMAN renewing her driver’s license at the CountyClerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
　　“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a...”
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　　There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
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Dear David,
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Dear David,
I’m now learning English by myself. Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me.
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By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L (English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List).
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A．David is unable to think out good advice.
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