话题6 科幻未来-备战2021年中考英语阅读技能提升专练（通用版）含答案与解析.docxVIP

中考英语阅读技能提升专练 （通用版） 话题6-科幻未来 一、阅读理解 A 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 ??? Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail(快递) is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail. ??? The letter should be sent next Mothers Day and not a day earlier! Lin Xiaofan, a college student in Shanghai, tells one of the companies offering the service. ??? Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mothers Day. ??? Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of time in another way, said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a future mail company. Zheng thinks future mail letters help remind us of care, friendship and love. ??? While future mail is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive. ??? Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract(签订合同) to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged. ??? Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar(白领) workers. Psychologists (心理学家) said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service. Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection(联系) between the past and the present when they receive the letter. （1）Future mail is a/an ______ way to send your letter. A.fast B.old C.new D.cheap （2）The underlined word compensate means ______ in Chinese. A.赔偿 B.完成 C.送达 D.抛弃 （3）The future mail service is popular among ______. A.junior students B.college students C.young children D.blue-collar workers （4）The future mail service can help us ______. A.sign a contract B.express our