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1.As a _____ actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments.

A) flexible

B) versatile

C) sophisticated

D) productive

2.There are not many teachers who are strong ______ of traditional methods in English teaching.

A) sponsors

B) contributors

C) advocates

D) performers

3.We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later we began to _____.

A) ascend

B) descend

C) decline

D) plunge

4.Competition, they believe, ________ the national character rather than corrupt it.

A) enforces

B) confirms

C) intensifies

D) strengthens

5.The accident __________ him of his sight and the use of his legs.

A) excluded

B) disabled

C) deprived

D) gripped

6.On weekends my grandma usually __________ a glass of wine.

A) subscribes to

B) engages in

C) hangs on

D) indulges in

7.The people living in these apartments have free _______ to that swimming pool.

A) access

B) excess

C) excursion

D) recreation

8.At the party we found that shy girl ________ her mother all the time.

A) depending on

B) coinciding with

C) adhering to

D) clinging to

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Long lines at the post office are par for the course, but we feel a special kind of rage when a delivery takes too long. Perhaps that's why this hilarious complaint to USPS.com is going viral right now on Reddit. Likening the post office to an ordinary box turtle, user malvoliosf explains how, despite paying $110 for priority shipping, it took eight days for his parcel to travel a distance of 14.8 miles。

在郵局里要排長長的隊伍，對此人們已經(jīng)司空見慣，不過對于快遞運輸太慢的狀況，人們卻會由衷的感到憤慨?；蛟S正是因為這樣，這封寄給美國郵政局的投訴信自從在紅迪網(wǎng)上出現(xiàn)之后，迅速在網(wǎng)上爆紅。這位用戶名為malvoliosf 的小主將郵局比作一只平凡的箱龜。他解釋道，盡管花費了110美元辦理了特快空運，他的包裹卻用了8天的時間才到達了14.8英里之外的地方。

Zoom in to see the original complaint and read the transcription below。

以下讓我們來好好看看這封原始投訴信(附翻譯)：

ts people _________ and ask them questions.

A) at length

B) at random

C) in essence

D) in bulk

10.I think she hurt my feelings __________ rather than by accident as she claimed.

A) virtually

B) deliberately

C) literally

D) appropriately

【答案】1-10 BCBCC DADBB

I paid $110 for PRIORITY and it took EIGHT DAYS to get my parcel from downtown San Francisco to the San Francisco airport, a distance of 14.8 miles. A turtle could have done that in four days. Seriously, I looked it up. An ordinary box turtle cruises 0.17 mph; it could make it from the Rincon Center post office to the cargo terminal of SFO in 87 hours. The United States Post Service took 179 hours to make the same trip。

我花了110美元辦理特快空運業(yè)務，結果我的包裹花了8天的時間才從舊金山市中心運到舊金山機場，距離只有14.8英里。一只烏龜只需要4天就能爬完這段距離了。說真的，我查了的。一只普通的箱龜爬行的速度是每小時0.17英里。從林康中心郵局到舊金山碼頭它87小時就能夠爬完了。而美國郵政局的運輸飛機花了179個小時才走完了同樣距離的行程。

And I had to wait in line at the post office. There is no line at the turtle store. I could have popped in, bought a turtle, strapped the parcel to its shell, and it would have gotten there in less than half the time。

而且我還必須在郵局里排隊等候。在寵物店里買烏龜可不用排隊等。也許我本應該換個方法，買只烏龜，把包裹綁在它背上，這樣它只需要一半的時間到達目的地。

Can I get a refund here? A partial refund? A complimentary box of turtle food? Anything?

我有沒有得到退款呢?或者部分退款?一包作為補償?shù)臑觚旓暳?或者任何補償性的東西?(然并卵!)