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Unit 3
Unit
3
A
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难度： 中 建议用时：
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In the tiny village of Angelica, New York, the post office is more than a place
to get mail or send packages. There you蒺ll find the heart of this lovely community.
It蒺s where villagers meet and greet friends.
When Angelica蒺s post office was threatened with being closed in the 1980s, a
villager, Pat, came up with a plan to save it.
“
At Christmas time I would hear on
the news about towns named Snow or Bethlehem having celebrations,
”
says Pat,
“
Why couldn蒺t we do the same thing with Angelica?
”
Pat, who is an artist, created a postal cancellation
（邮戳）
design featuring an
Angelica angel. She drew her angels in a traditional fashion and submitted her
suggestion to the US Postal Service. Once approved, the drawing was carved into a
cancellation stamp
（印章 ）
that could be used for one day only. The postmistress
（女邮局局长）
then had another idea to make the day even more special calling the
post office Angel Station.
The large increase in mail amount saved Angelica蒺s post office from being
closed and keeps the doors open today.
Now it蒺s tradition that on the first Friday in December, people come to
Angelica to mail their Christmas cards. Each year the amount of mail going through
the Angelica Post Office increases during late November and early December. Stamp
collectors from around the world have accepted the Angel Station cancellation, some
sending mail from as far away as France.
Because the stamp is destroyed each season, Pat draws a new angel that
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conveys season蒺s greetings from Angel Station every year. Post offices may close in
other parts of the country, but this tiny one continues.
（ ）
1. What did Pat do to save the post office?
A. She invented a new cancellation.
B. She hosted Christmas celebrations.
C. She gave the office a
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