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【文章內容簡介】 e? A. The items seem to be in a mess. B. The items are similar to his own post. C. Some of the items are very unusual. D. He can’t see clear names on the items. 36. When talking about the plane post service, Sandy says that . A. she would like the service to be more often B. the mail plane does not stop long enough there C. she would like to be able to do her own shopping D. there are many items that cannot be delivered to her 37. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text? A. To describe postal delivery services in the Outback. B. To show the wild beauty of the Australian Outback. C. To warn about the dangers to postmen in the Outback. 6 D. To get more support for postal services in the Outback. C Mother39。s Day was ing, and John usually went back home, but this year he was just too tired. When he walked by a flower shop, he said to himself, “I 39。ll send Mom some roses. He went into the small shop and saw a boy talking to the shopkeeper. How many roses can I get for six dollars, madam? the boy asked. The shopkeeper was trying to explain that roses were expensive. Maybe the boy would be happy with carnations. No. I have to have roses, he said, because that39。s my mother’ s favorite. Something inside of John was touched by the boy39。s voice. The boy wanted to get those roses so much. John looked at the shopkeeper and silently mouthed he would pay for the boy39。s roses. The shopkeeper looked at the boy and said, OK, I will give you twelve red roses for six dollars. The boy took the flowers and ran from the store happily. It was worth the extra thirtyfive dollars just to see that kind of excitement. John ordered his own flowers and had the shopkeeper be sure that delivery(遞送 ) would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. As John left the shop, he saw the boy walking down the street. He watched him enter a cemetery (公墓 ). John followed the boy down the fence line. John was outside the cemetery fence, thirty or forty steps behind the boy, who walked inside the cemetery fence. The boy stopped by a small tomb and went on his knees. He carefully laid the roses on the tomb and began to cry. John heard the boy speak, Mommy, Oh Mommy, why didn39。t I tell you how much I love you? Why didn39。t I tell you one more time? Jesus(耶穌 ), please, find my mommy. Tell my Mommy I love her. John turned, tears in his eyes, and walked back quickly to the flower shop and told the shopkeeper he would take the flowers personally. He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her. 38. The young boy actually spent _____ getting the rose flowers. A. 6 dollars B. 35 dollars C. 41 dollars D. more than 6 dollars 39. The underlined word carnations in the second paragraph is probably_____________. A. a kind of tree B. a kind of flower C. a way D. a note 40. From the passage, we can infer _____________. A. The boy would turn back to thank John B. The boy knew John bought the roses for him. 7 C. John would go to see his mother with the flowers D. John spent 35 dollars buying the roses for the boy 41. The best title for this passage may be __________________. A. Celebrate Mother39。s Day B. Buy flowers C. Deliver the roses D. Tell Mum I love her D A new study warns that about 30% of the world39。s people may not have enough water by the year 2025. A personal American anization called Population Action International (PAI) did the new study. It says more than three hundred and thirtyfive million people lack(缺少 )enough water now. These people live in twentyeight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East. PAI researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three thousand million people may face water problems. At least 18 more countries are expected to lack enough water. The need for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount(數量 )of water on the earth stays the same. The report says lack of water in the future may cause several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking water is not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, which are carried in water. Lack of water may also lead to more international conflict(沖突 ). Countries may have to fight for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan. And Iraq. And the report says lack of water would influence the ability to improve their economies (經濟 ).This is because new industries often need a great amount of water when they are beginning. The Population Action International study gives several ways to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose, Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use 1ess