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英语阅读理解!Like most people,I was brought up to look upon life a

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英语阅读理解!
Like most people,I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting.It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery:giving-away makes life so much more exciting.You need not worry if you lack money.This is how I experimented with giving-away.If an idea for improving the window display of a neighhorhood store flashes to me,I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper.If an incident occurs,the story of which I think the local Catholic priest could use,I call him up and tell him about it,though I am not a Catholic(天主教徒) myself.One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back,though the return often comes in an unexpected form.One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home,though it was addressed to me at my office.I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting.I was told at the window that there were no boxes left,and that my name would have to go on a long waitng list.As I was about to leave,the postmaster appeared in the doorway.He had overheard our conversation.“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was.“Well,you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you.You don’t know what a letter like that means to us.We usually get nothing but complaints.”
What change does giving-away make to life according to the author?
It enables you to make more money.
It causes ideas to flash to one from time to time.
It makes life more exciting.
It causes people to make discoveries.
One discovery the author make about giving-away is that__________.
it is almost impossible to get any return
we can often get some return unexpectedly
it is an experiment worth making
it is hard to get anything back if you give something away
The author makes the suggestion to the storekeeper____________.
by writing him a letter
by calling him up
in person
in private
When the author needed a post-office box,_________________.
his name was put on a waiting list
he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation
he found that he had to start a new business
he asked the postmaster to make one for him
It can be inferred from what the postmaster said that_________________.
special delivery are seldom addressed to homes
people don’t realize the importance of the postal servicemen
new post-office boxes can be added for special purposes
the work of the post service is seldom appreciated
1.c 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.d