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（投递物品）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（笼子），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．addresses B．mailboxes C．phones D．radios
9．A．unlucky B．faraway C．clever D．poor
10．A．afford B．meet C．share D．communicate
11．A．many B．more C．few D．all
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．admirers
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文后1—10 的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意每空不超过3个单词。
Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example to pay its army, to build public facilities and to buy goods from abroad, and only the people of the country can supply the money.
One of the most important taxes is income tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income. Whether he is a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner, or anything else, he must pay tax if his income is more than a certain amount. This is called a “direct”tax, because it is paid in money direct to the government.
Another tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewelry, tobacco, wine, etc. When they are brought into a country, such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are later sold in shops. We call it “indirect”tax, because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeeper.
People usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on things that they and their families need. We need policemen to catch thieves, and they must be paid what they earn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid. Above all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we cannot have an army without paying for it.
Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided. We have no real cause to complain when we are asked to pay taxes for the good of ourselves and for our fellow citizens.
1. _______
| Opinion | We must 2. | The government needs money for many things. |
| The money 3. the citizens of the country. | ||
| Tax sources | Kinds of tax | Taxpayers |
| 4. | a person who gets income | |
| “indirect” tax | 5. | |
| 6. | to pay policemen | |
| to build schools and to 7. | ||
| to pay workers 8. | ||
| to pay 9. | ||
| 10. | Taxes cannot be avoided. | |
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根据首字母或汉语提示写出正确单词，完成句子。
1．On my ________（到达）at the hotel，he gave me a sweet kiss．
2．The boy lifted the big stone with all his s________．
3．Don't bother me．My ________（耐心）is limited．
4．Smoking is h________ to your health．
5．The diligent student gets up before d________ every day．
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It is difficult for us to a conversation with all this noise around us.
A．carry on B．account for C．bring up D．get through
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He always did well at school ______ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
A．in spite of B．instead of C．in case of D．in favor of
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“We can't go out in this weather．”said Bob，________ out of the window．
A．looking B．to look C．looked D．having looked
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--Could I ask you a rather personal question?
--Sure，________．
A．pardon me B．go ahead C．good idea D．forget it
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—Who did you spend last weekend with?
— .
A．Palmer’s B．The Palmers’ C．The Plamers D．The Plamer’s
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Four American college students learned last week that free music downloads can carry a hidden price tag(标价) --- US $ 12,000 to $ 17,500, to be exact.
Major record companies accused the students of fueling music piracy(盗版) by running file-sharing networks on campus allowing hundreds of songs to be downloaded for free.
Last Thursday, the four promised not to violate（侵犯）the companies’ copyrights. Although they did not admit any wrongdoing, they each agreed to pay thousands of dollars to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
“I don’t believe that I did anything wrong,” said Daniel Peng at Princeton University, one of the four. “I hope that for the sake of artists, the larger issues can soon be resolved. ” None appears to have made any money off the file-sharing systems they operated.
The payments mark the first time record companies have recovered money from individuals in the US accused of piracy on file-sharing networks. This may be a sign of things to come, as the industry starts taking its battle against online piracy directly to users.
Many record-company blame the long decrease in CD sales on file-sharing networks, which let many users copy songs from each other’s computers for free.
Matt Oppenheim, senior vice president of business and legal affairs for the RIAA, said the settlements, although well below what the companies could have asked for, were “the right amount” given the situation.
He also noted that since the four lawsuits were filed, at least 18 campus file-sharing networks have been taken down by their operators.
1．What does “a hidden price tag” (Paragraph 1) mean?
A．Record companies hide the high price of the music on purpose.
B．It happens that the music price tag isn’t obvious.
C．One has to fined for illegal music downloads.
D．One has to pay for the music he downloads.
2．Which of the following is true?
A．The four students planned to violate the company’s copyright.
B．They realized they had done a wrong thing.
C．They refused to pay money to RIAA．
D．They didn’t make any money on file-sharing networks.
3．What’s the probable meaning of “fuel” （Paragraph 2）?
A．encourage. B．challenge. C．weaken. D．sell
4．What can we conclude from paragraph 6?
A．Many record-company should be blamed for the decrease in CD sales.
B．Decease in CD sales is caused because of certain file-sharing networks.
C．People don’t have any desire to buy any CD．
D．Nowadays CDs are not as popular as before.
5．What’s the main idea of the whole passage?
A．The students should be responsible for their behavior.
B．It’s too late for record companies to protect their rights.
C．Action had been taken by record companies to protect their copyrights.
D．Some record companies wanted to earn money by accusing people of pirating music．
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