2017公共英語PETS1級(jí)考試閱讀（二）

　　Surprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one special kind of box contains the future. It's called a ballot box. What people put into the box on Election Day can change the course of history.

　　驚奇常常是在箱子里出現(xiàn)：包在彩色包裝紙里面的生日禮物……朋友寄來牛皮紙包的包裹……不論是怎樣的箱子，人們喜歡打開來看看里面是什么。在美國以及其它許多國家，有一個(gè)特殊的箱子關(guān)系著未來，稱為投票箱。人們在選舉日投在箱子里的東西可以改變歷史的走向。