36.The financial problem with the USPS is caused partly by ____（）細(xì)節(jié) 37. According to Paragraph 2, the USPS fails to modernize itself due to ____（細(xì)節(jié)） 38. The long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions can be addressed by ____（細(xì)節(jié)） 39. In the last paragraph, the author seems to view legislators with ____（作者態(tài)度） 40. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?（主旨） A. The USPS Starts to Miss Its Good Old Days B. The Postal Service: Keep Away from My Cheese C. The USPS: Chronic Illness Requires a Quick Cure D. The Postal Service Needs More than a Band-Aid 題干和主旨多次出現(xiàn)USPS和Postal Service，還原，在第一段第一句，The U.S. Postal Service（USPS），二者是一個(gè)事物，所以是主旨詞。36題指出USPS有問(wèn)題，37題指出USPS沒(méi)能實(shí)現(xiàn)現(xiàn)代化，也是問(wèn)題，所以對(duì)應(yīng)主旨應(yīng)該是有問(wèn)題，C的Cure治愈和Aid急救能對(duì)應(yīng)問(wèn)題，而D中出現(xiàn)了More than不僅僅，否定詞+絕對(duì)化，為全集概念，所以選D 36.The financial problem with the USPS is caused partly by ____ A. its unbalanced budget. B. its rigid management. C. the cost for technical upgrading. D. the withdrawal of bank support. 定位經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題在第一段第三句，出現(xiàn)了reasons this，但本句內(nèi)容為闡述事實(shí)，不是原因，下一句的in a historic squeeze在歷史的擠壓可以表示問(wèn)題，后面出現(xiàn)between，表示原因有兩個(gè)，為technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product,first-class mail和a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality出現(xiàn)了B的management和C的technical，denies management the flexibility否定了管理的靈活性可以對(duì)應(yīng)B的嚴(yán)格管理，C的科技升級(jí)沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)，所以選B 37. According to Paragraph 2, the USPS fails to modernize itself due to ____ A. the interference from interest groups. B. the inadequate funding from Congress. C. the shrinking demand for postal service. D. the incompetence of postal unions. 定位現(xiàn)代化在第二段最后一句，This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization這也是為什么……改革已經(jīng)失敗……現(xiàn)代化。所以主語(yǔ)This才是回答問(wèn)題所問(wèn)，前指代在前一句And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer—Congress—insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected.本句出現(xiàn)了A的interest groups，B的Congress，C的postal service和D的postal unions，This前指代往往指代主語(yǔ)，而主語(yǔ)是A的interest groups，謂語(yǔ)單詞是pressure，主干意思上符合37題所問(wèn)，所以選A 38. The long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions can be addressed by ____ A. removing its burden of retiree health care. B. making more investment in new vehicles. C. adopting a new rate-increase mechanism. D. attracting more first-class mail users. 定位The long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions在第三段最后一句，The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions.中的thus addressing表面前半句是問(wèn)題所問(wèn)，只出現(xiàn)了A的burden和health care，所以選A 39. In the last paragraph, the author seems to view legislators with ____ A. respect. B. tolerance. C. discontent. D. gratitude. 定位legislators在第四段倒數(shù)第二句，但內(nèi)容是立法者正在干什么，沒(méi)有回答問(wèn)題所問(wèn)，倒數(shù)第一句，出現(xiàn)了they，指代前面的立法者，正嚴(yán)肅的改革郵遞體系，但前面出現(xiàn)了It is not, however,所以實(shí)際上并沒(méi)有，而郵遞系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)在倒數(shù)第三句But postal special-interest groups seem to have killed it, at least in the House.所以句中的it的好壞決定作者的態(tài)度，指代前一句That common-sense change enjoys wide public support and would save the USPS $2 billion per year.為節(jié)約錢(qián)，是好事，所以郵遞體系是不好的事，改革郵遞體系是好事，但立法者沒(méi)有改革郵遞體系，是不好的事，所以選C