公共英语一级
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-0r 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 all 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．
What is the text about?
A．The uses of a mail box．
B．The early days of the mail．
C．The post service in Washington State．
现在我们确定信件每天都会被送到我们家门口。但是，在早期没有人能确定信件会在何时到达何地。在华盛顿州有一个大树桩。它曾经是一所“邮局”。由于人们需要一个地方来让信使们放信件，他们在十字路口找了一棵树，砍断后留下了l0英尺高的树桩。人们将树桩中间掏空并用东西盖住。他们在树桩里面放了许多盒子，每个盒子上写着不同家庭的名字。信使可以将所有人的信件都留在树桩里。在更早些时候，那时还没有邮递服务，人们将信件托给任何一个去相同方向的旅行者。他们经常把信件托付给旅行的鞋匠。旅行者可能会停留在一个小旅馆然后将信件留在那里。但是那些信件要在那里放着直到收信人碰巧经过并且停留在这个旅馆。现在一封航空信件可以在更短的时间前往世界各地。并且你知道你的信件会在何时到达你想要它到达的地方。
句意：这篇文章是关于什么的?主旨题。文章除首末段引入和结语外，主体的二、三两段都是关于早期邮递服务的，可以推断出，这篇文章是关于早期信件邮递的，故选B。
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