Text 1
There’s one thing above all wrong with the new British postal codes: not everyone has that sort of memory. Some of us, of course, forget even h6use numbers and the present postal districts, but that matters less when there is a human being at every stage to spot the mistake. When all the sorting is done in one operation by a man sitting at a machine, typing special marks onto an envelope, one slip on your part could send your letter way outside the area where the local postman or a friendly neighbor knows your name.
Otherwise the new codes are all the Post Offices claims. They are the most carefully designed in the world, ideal for computers. A confusion of letters and numbers, they have two parts,separated
by the gap in the middle. Together they classify a letter not only the city where it is going but right down to the round of the particular postman who is to carry it, and even to a group of houses or a single big building. In the long run this will speed the mail and cut costs.
The long run is 10 years away, though. In fact there are only 12 Post Offices in the country which have the right machines fully working, and the system cannot work at full efficiency until it is nationwide. Yet the Post Office wants us to start using the codes now, so that we shall be trained when the machines are ready.
But will we A businessman I met, praising the virtues of the new system, explained that large companies like his could have codes of their own. What was his code “Oh, dear me. Now you’ve got me. Awfully sorry. Hold on a minute while I find a sheet of my headed notepaper.”Then he read painfully, as if spelling out a word in a foreign language, "W-I-X-6A-B".

The British codes are described as being（）

A:letters spaced out B:numbers in order C:sets of letters and numbers D:letters and numbers separately

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 There’s one thing above all wrong with the new British postal codes: not everyone has that sort of memory. Some of us, of course, forget even h6use numbers and the present postal districts, but that matters less when there is a human being at every stage to spot the mistake. When all the sorting is done in one operation by a man sitting at a machine, typing special marks onto an envelope, one slip on your part could send your letter way outside the area where the local postman or a friendly neighbor knows your name. Otherwise the new codes are all the Post Offices claims. They are the most carefully designed in the world, ideal for computers. A confusion of letters and numbers, they have two parts,separated by the gap in the middle. Together they classify a letter not only the city where it is going but right down to the round of the particular postman who is to carry it, and even to a group of houses or a single big building. In the long run this will speed the mail and cut costs. The long run is 10 years away, though. In fact there are only 12 Post Offices in the country which have the right machines fully working, and the system cannot work at full efficiency until it is nationwide. Yet the Post Office wants us to start using the codes now, so that we shall be trained when the machines are ready. But will we A businessman I met, praising the virtues of the new system, explained that large companies like his could have codes of their own. What was his code “Oh, dear me. Now you’ve got me. Awfully sorry. Hold on a minute while I find a sheet of my headed notepaper.”Then he read painfully, as if spelling out a word in a foreign language, "W-I-X-6A-B".

The British codes are described as being（）

A:letters spaced out B:numbers in order C:sets of letters and numbers D:letters and numbers separately

The letter you write is your personal representative. It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person. It goes to the hospital to cheer a sick friend. It goes to your hostess to thank her for entertaining you. It conveys your best wishes, congratulations, condolences-when you are not able to do so in person.
A friendly letter is like a visit on paper. If you "hate to write letters", it’s simply because you have not yet discovered the fun it can be to write and receive letters that are good talk on paper. Many people neglect to answer letters from relatives and friends. To a letter unanswered is like saying, "I don’t think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter./

In line with the passage, if you don’t like to write a letter, it’s simply because （　）

A:you are lazy enough B:you are busy enough C:you haven’t found the advantages of letters D:you can’t afford too many letters

The letter you write is your personal representative. It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person. It goes to the hospital to cheer a sick friend. It goes to your hostess to thank her for entertaining you. It conveys your best wishes, congratulations, condolences--when you are not able to do so in person.
A friendly letter is like a visit on paper. If you "hate to write letters", it’s simply because you have not yet discovered the fun it can be to write and receive letters that are good talk on paper. Many people neglect to answer letters from relatives and friends. To a letter unanswered is like saying, "I don’t think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter./
In line with the passage, if you don’t like to write a letter, it’s simply because ______.

A:you are lazy enough B:you are busy enough C:you haven’t found the advantages of letters D:you can’t afford too many letters

16, Woodman Road,
Two Bridges,
West Sussex.
Cosmo Books Ltd.,
Hertford Estate,
Rickmansworth,
Middx.
25th February
Ref. GBS/SW/4CJ Dear Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo Books Ltd., (21) this set(eight books of plays and two books of poetry ) at what was claimed to be a "remarkable" (22) : fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books in red imitation leather, looked particularly (23) ; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, (24) with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which 1 had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a (25) for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six-book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. (26) , I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and (27) all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further (28) .
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty-two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two (29) : the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I (30) know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to (31) in the rain outside.
I have no (32) for any more books, and even if I read from now on (33) the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters (34) payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, (35) me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER

28（）

A:notice B:information C:letters D:print

Passage Two

In line with the passage, if you don’t like to write a letter, it’s simply because ______.

A:you are lazy enough B:you are busy enough C:you haven’t found the advantages of letters D:you can’t afford too many letters

16, Woodman Road,
Two Bridges,
West Sussex.
Cosmo Books Ltd.,
Hertford Estate,
Rickmansworth,
Middx.
25th February
Ref. GBS/SW/4CJ Dear Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo Books Ltd., (21) this set(eight books of plays and two books of poetry ) at what was claimed to be a "remarkable" (22) : fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books in red imitation leather, looked particularly (23) ; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, (24) with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which 1 had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a (25) for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six-book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. (26) , I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and (27) all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further (28) .
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty-two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two (29) : the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I (30) know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to (31) in the rain outside.
I have no (32) for any more books, and even if I read from now on (33) the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters (34) payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, (35) me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER

28（）

A:notice B:information C:letters D:print

The word brand is a comprehensive term that encompasses other narrower terms. A brand is a name, term, symbol, and/or special design that is intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers. A brand differentiates one seller’s products from those of competitors. A brand name consists of words, letters, and/or numbers that can be vocalized. A brand mark is the part of the brand that appears in the form of a symbol, design, or distinctive coloring or lettering. It is recognized by sight but may not be expressed when a person pronounces the brand name.
A brand name consists of all the following EXCEPT

A:a symbol. B:words. C:letters. D:numbers.