Today we are sure that the mail will be sent every day to our door. But in the early days, no one could be sure about where—or when—the mail would arrive. There is a stump(树桩) of a big tree in the state of Washington. It was once a "post office". Because people needed a place for the mail carrier(信使) to leave their letters, they found a tree at the cross of roads and cut it down ten feet from the ground. Then they hollowed it out and covered it with something. Inside, they put many boxes. Each box had a family's name on it. The mail carrier could leave letters there for everyone. Even earlier, when there was no post services, people gave their letters to any traveler going in the right direction. Often they gave them to a traveling shoe maker. The traveler might stop in a small hotel and he would leave the letters there. But the letters stayed there until the person to receive them happened to come by and stop at the hotel. Today an airmail letter can travel across the world in much less time than that. And you know that your letter will go where you want it to go, and when.

The family used to live 500 meters ______from the lake.

Of those three companies, the ______gives the best service.

______ Tom comes tomorrow, I shall ask him where he has been.

—Can you answer that question? —Sorry, I.______.

I have no time to do exercises, ______I'm very busy with my work.

What does the man mean? What does the man mean?

It was already 11 o'clock when she went to bed. She didn't go to bed 1 11 o'clock.

What time is it now?

It was a paper plane _______ I made yesterday.

Where are they talking?

情景： John去找Smith，请他参加年度英语晚会，正巧他不在。 任务： 请你以John的名义用英语给Smith写一张50词左右的便条。内容包括： 你何时来的； 邀请他去参加年度英语晚会，正巧他不在； 年度英语晚会的时间和地点； 晚会都有哪些节目； 请他尽快跟你联系。 要求：格式准确，表达清楚，字迹工整。 参考词汇：年度英语晚会(the annual English evening) 便条写在答题卡2上该题的序号后。请用下面格式。 Aug 17th,2015Dear Smith, John

What does the woman want to have?

It takes______two days to finish this report.

In 1870s rich people began to speak of spending weekends in the country visiting friends. For most people back then, however, the workday was six days long. Car maker Henry Ford was the first person in the United States to start a workweek of 5 days. He did that in 1926. By 1940 it had become common for most Americans to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. For many people Saturday night is the happiest time of the weekend and the week. Anything and everything can happen(发生)on Saturday night. People go dancing; they visit friends and have parties. They drink much alcohol（酒精饮料).They sleep, and watch television. People do the same things on other nights of the week too, but they do them more often on Saturday night. On Saturday night cinemas sell more tickets. It is also the biggest night for places that sell alcoholic drinks. That is one reason why most fights and car accidents(事故)are on Saturday night. Is there anything people do not like about the weekend? A study of 1,000 Americans found that half would gladly have a more day of free time. The only thing wrong with the weekend, they think, is that it does not last longer.

Announcement (通知) Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. May I draw your attention (注意) to the book Safety in Flight! You will find the book in the pocket at the back of the seat in front of you and we ask you to read it. You'll also find a newspaper and you may find it interesting. For those of you not familiar with this kind of plane, you can smoke on the left-hand side of the passenger cabin (机舱) , once the signs at the front of the cabin have been turned off, and at no time in the toilet at the back of the plane. We have a duty-free (免税的) bar on the plane and cigarettes, beer and mineral water will be on sale during the flight. If you have any questions during the flight, please ask our four hostesses (空姐). Would you now please fasten (系紧) your seat belts to get ready for take-off? We wish you a pleasant flight! Thank you.