精品英语15-课时作业13 Unit 1 Knowing me, knowing you.pptxVIP

课时作业13Unit1Knowingme,knowing

you;模拟题组练;lawns（草坪）toensurethelocalpostalservicedidnotfallshortofitsdaily

promise.

Thoughthepostalserviceisoftendisparagednow,thetrustinlocalpostal

serviceliveson.Inmanycommunities,thattrustiswoneverydaywhenlife-

savingmedicine,greetingcards,socialsecuritychecks,collegeacceptanceletters—

eventhebills—appearinmailboxesinfrontofthehouses.

Aftermorethanthreedecades,Jimapproachedhisfinaldaysonthejob

muchlikeanyother.HedroveaboxypostaltrucktoNorthDuPontRoadforthe

firstunofficialstopoftheday.Butch,adogwhobelongedtooneofthe

neighbors,waswaitingjustlikeeverydaybefore.Andjustlikeeverydaybefore,

hegotintothejumpseatandtheywereoff.

;Ontheroute,JimandButchhadbecomeinseparable.Now,thedogandthe

mailmanwouldrideofftoretirementtogether.Ateverystop,Jimacceptedthe

partinggoodwishesoffamiliesthathadbecomehisown.Thereweretearsand

laughter,andhugsfilledwithwarmmemories.

Itsbeen33yearssinceJimlefttheroute,butwearestillremindedofthe

deepbondestablishedbetweencommunityandlettercarrier.Thatswhatthepostal

servicemeanstous.;1.WhatdoweknowaboutJimJohnsonfromthefirstparagraph?();2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“disparaged”inparagraph2mean?();3.WhatdidJimdobesidesdailydeliveryonhisfinaldaysofwork?();4.Whatistheauthorspurposeinwritingthetext?();[解析]主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了JimJohnson三十多年来从事

邮递员工作，和当地居民建立深厚感情的故事。第一段展现出Jim的热心肠，第二

段突出Jim工作上的兢兢业业，第三段侧重描述Jim临近退休时的工作和生活状态。

根据最后一段中的“Itsbeen33yearssinceJimlefttheroute,butwearestill

remindedofthedeepbondestablishedbetweencommunityandlettercarrier.”可知，

虽然Jim已经退休33年了，但我们仍然难以忘记社区和邮递员之间建立的深厚情谊。

由此可推知，作者写这篇文章的目的是纪念受人尊敬的邮递员JimJohnson，故选A。;B

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