A. I hate parties. B. I don’t like to go to the party with you.

　　C. The party is boring. D. I’d like to go, but I’m busy.

　　33. When your friend cooks dinner for you, you probably say that’s delicious though _____.

　　A. it looks nice B. it tastes terrible

　　C. it tastes delicious D. it smells sweet.

　　34. Why do you tell your family you were fine when you have a terrible day?

　　A. Because you are really fine.

　　B. Because your family is fine.

　　C. Because you like having a terrible day.

　　D. Because you don't want your family to worry about you.

　　35. How many ways that people tell lies are mentioned?

　　A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

(B)

　　The post office has plenty of work to do. It handles thousands of letters every day. Let’s follow a letter all the way across America.

　　Julie lives in New York. She wrote a letter to Dave. Dave lives in Oregon. Julie put the letter in the mailbox on Monday night. On Tuesday morning a truck stopped at the mailbox. The mail carrier put the letters into a large bag and took the bag to a post office in New York.

　　On Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted. Zip codes were used to sort the mail. A machine picked up a letter and held it. A worker read the zip code. Then the worker pushed five buttons on another machine. The worker had only one second to do this. After the worker pushed the buttons, the machine put the letter in a box. By Tuesday night the box was on a truck. The truck went to the airport. An airplane took off for Oregon on Wednesday morning. Julie's letter went on the airplane.

　　By noon the letters were in an airport in Oregon, Mail trucks then took them to post offices. One of these was in Dave's town. On Wednesday night people in Dave's town sorted the letters by street name.

　　On Thursday morning the mail carrier for Main Street picked up her pile of letters. She sorted all of them by street address before delivering(遞送). The people at 1 Main Street got their mail first. Dave lived at 221 Main Street. He got his letter before lunch.

　　36. Where did Julie’s letter travel first?

　　A. To a post office in New York. B. On a truck that went to the airport.

　　C. To a post office in Oregon. D. On the airplane for Oregon.

　　37. What does the underlined word “Zip codes” mean in Chinese?

　　A.　密碼　　　　B.　電話(huà)號(hào)碼　 　C. 郵政編碼　　 　D.　身份證號(hào)碼

　　38. How many trucks do carry Julie’s letter on the way to Oregon?

　　A. Only one. B. Two. C. Three D. Four.

　　39. The mail carrier for Main Street sorts all the mails by _____.

　　A. telephone number B. street address C. zip codes D. mailbox

　　40. The title of the passage is _____.

　　A. How a letter is written B. How mail is delivered

　　C. How a letter gets to the airport D. How a machine picks up letter