Every town in the United States has a post office. Some are very small, and you may also find them in the corner of a shop. Others are large buildings. They are open five days a week and Saturday mornings. From day through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30.
If you know how much the postage（邮资）is for your letter, you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Stamps sold at many different prices, from one cent（美分）to many dollars. If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you may ask the man or the woman in post office for help. He or she will give you the stamps you need, If you are sending your letters far away, you should use airmail envelopes（航空信封）. Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.
At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is cheaper than a letter, Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures. However, also they are not to be sent outside the country.
Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries.
(1) The passage tells us that we can find________ easily in the United States of America.
A. post offices B. large buildings
C. small shops D. different banks
(2) The post offices in the United States are open________.
A. seven hours a day B. six hours a day
C. five hours a day D. eight hours a day
(3) If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you can ________.
A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post office
B. send a cheap postcard instead of your letter
C. get in touch with somebody you know in the post office
D. ask the man or the woman in the post office for help
(4) The price of postage for________ is more expensive.
A. a beautiful postcard B. a letter written on envelope
C. a letter By airmail D. a postcard with pictures
(5) The passage tells us something about ________ in the USA.
A. the post B. the postage
C. letters D. postcards
Key: (1) — (5) ADDA
