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36.The financial problem with the USPS is caused partly by ____（）细节 37. According to Paragraph 2, the USPS fails to modernize itself due to ____（细节） 38. The long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions can be addressed by ____（细节） 39. In the last paragraph, the author seems to view legislators with ____（作者态度） 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 题干和主旨多次出现USPS和Postal Service，还原，在第一段第一句，The U.S. Postal Service（USPS），二者是一个事物，所以是主旨词。36题指出USPS有问题，37题指出USPS没能实现现代化，也是问题，所以对应主旨应该是有问题，C的Cure治愈和Aid急救能对应问题，而D中出现了More than不仅仅，否定词+绝对化，为全集概念，所以选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. 定位经济问题在第一段第三句，出现了reasons this，但本句内容为阐述事实，不是原因，下一句的in a historic squeeze在历史的挤压可以表示问题，后面出现between，表示原因有两个，为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出现了B的management和C的technical，denies management the flexibility否定了管理的灵活性可以对应B的严格管理，C的科技升级没有出现，所以选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. 定位现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这也是为什么……改革已经失败……现代化。所以主语This才是回答问题所问，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.本句出现了A的interest groups，B的Congress，C的postal service和D的postal unions，This前指代往往指代主语，而主语是A的interest groups，谓语单词是pressure，主干意思上符合37题所问，所以选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表面前半句是问题所问，只出现了A的burden和health care，所以选A 39. In the last paragraph, the author seems to view legislators with ____ A. respect. B. tolerance. C. discontent. D. gratitude. 定位legislators在第四段倒数第二句，但内容是立法者正在干什么，没有回答问题所问，倒数第一句，出现了they，指代前面的立法者，正严肃的改革邮递体系，但前面出现了It is not, however,所以实际上并没有，而邮递系统出现在倒数第三句But postal special-interest groups seem to have killed it, at least in the House.所以句中的it的好坏决定作者的态度，指代前一句That common-sense change enjoys wide public support and would save the USPS $2 billion per year.为节约钱，是好事，所以邮递体系是不好的事，改革邮递体系是好事，但立法者没有改革邮递体系，是不好的事，所以选C