Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

Every town in the United States has a post office. Some are very small, and you may also find them in the corner of a shop. O【1】 are larger buildings. They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From Monday through Friday they are usually open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From Monday to Friday they are usually open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

If you know how much the postage is for your letter, you can buy stamps a【2】any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Stamps are sold at many different prices, from one cent to many dollars. If you are not s【3】how much postage is for your letter, you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help. He or she will give you the stamps you n【4】. If you are sending your letter far away, you should use airmail envelopes. Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter that you want to send to foreign countries.

At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is c【5】 than a letter. Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcard you buy at a post office do not have pictures. However, they are also not to be sent outside the countries. Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Others

【2】at

【3】sure

【4】need

【5】cheaper

【解析】

这篇文章介绍了美国的邮局。在美国的每个镇上都有邮局，你能够在邮局寄出信件。如果你不知道邮费是多少，你可以问邮局的职员。如果距离较远可以用航空邮件，但是比较贵。你还可以寄明信片，但不能邮寄出国。

【1】句意：其他邮局是更大的建筑。

分析句子可知，此处表示“其他邮局”，用英语表达是others，此处构成“some…others…”短语，翻译为“一些……其他……”，又因为用在句首首字母需大写，故答案为Others。

【2】句意：如果你知道你的信邮资是多少，你可以在任何一个窗口买邮票。

分析句子可知，此处表示“在……”，此处后加的是小地方any window，所以用介词at即可，故答案为at。

【3】句意：如果你不确定你的信需要多少邮资。

分析句子可知，此处表示“确定的”，用英语表达是sure，此处构成“be sure+宾语从句”结构，故答案为sure。

【4】句意：他或她会给你你所需要的邮票。

分析句子可知，此处表示“需要”，用英语表达是need，此处用于the stamps后的定语从句中作谓语，故答案为need。

【5】句意：一张明信片比一封信更便宜。

分析句子可知，此处表示“更便宜的”，“便宜的”用英语表达是cheap，因为句中有than，所以应用形容词比较级形式，故答案为cheaper。