[单项选择]A. To post a letter.
B. To go to the post office.
C. To go to the department store.
D. To buy something in a supermarket.

[单项选择]Mary: Hello, Lucy! Let’s go to the post office. I want to send a letter.
Lucy: OK. Let’s go. I want to send some postcards.
Mary: Where do you send your postcards
Lucy: I’ll send them to America. And where do you send it
Mary: I think ten yuan or more.
Lucy: That’s too expensive.
Mary: I think so.
Lucy: Why not send an e-mail on the computer
Mary: That’s a good idea. Let’s go and find a computer.
Lucy: Can you write an e-mail
Mary: Yes, I can.
Lucy will send her postcards to America.
[A] True. [B] False.

[单项选择]Where is the post office
A. It is downstairs.
B. It is upstairs, across the duty-free shop.
C. It is on the third floor.
D. It is across the street.

[单项选择]Does the Post Office still employ cats
A. Yes, as fewer than before.
B. Yes, but fewer than before.
C. Yes, they are not needed any more.
D. No, their services are discontinued.

[单项选择]When did Post office in Britain employ cats
A. In 1868
B. In 1886
C. In 1898
D. In 1889.

[填空题]People can get it in a post office.

[填空题] In 1847 the United States Post Office Department adopted the idea of a (36)____stamp, much to the objection of those who did not like to pay (37)____. Besides, the stamp covered only delivery to the post office and did not include carrying it to a (38)____address. It is no (39)____that, during the years that followed, private letter-carrying and (40)____businesses developed. As a result, the government postal service lost (41)____to private competition. Finally, in 1863, Congress provided that the government should pay the mail (42)___for delivering mail to private addresses, and that there should be no (43)____charge for that delivery. But this delivery service was (44)____________. As of 1890, of the 75 million people in the United States, (45) ____________. (46) ____________.