快递搁置太久长出蘑菇
A parcel from this year’s Single’s Day shopping festival grew mushrooms after the buyer left it at the courier station(驿站) for too long in Lijiang, Yunnan Province.
As photos taken on November 24 show, mushrooms can be seen growing out of the box. The courier station workers said that the objects inside the parcel included a fungus(真菌) pack — a culture medium(培养基) with fungus spores(孢子) which can help the growth of mushrooms after a certain time.
When the courier station received the parcel, they gave the customer a call asking him to come and pick up his parcel, at which point mushrooms hadn’t yet appeared. The customer didn’t immediately pick up his parcel, though, and after several days the worker noticed mushrooms appeared.
The parcel has now been taken away by its owner, who praised the growth of the mushrooms and said they were even bigger than the others he had bought in the past.
A web commentator joked that the customer could give the online store a good rating(评价) even without opening the parcel.
1.What does the underlined word “parcel” mean in Chinese?
A 箱子.
B 包裹.
C 盒子.
D 宝贝.
解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第一段Single’s Day shopping festival, buyer, the courier station等关键词可知“parcel”是双十一期间买家放在驿站的东西，推测最有可能是“包裹，快递”，故选B。
2.What may lead to the growth of the mushrooms?
A The parcel box.
B The fungus pack.
C The culture medium.
D The courier station.
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句The courier station workers said that the objects inside the parcel included a fungus(真菌) pack — a culture medium(培养基) with fungus spores(孢子) which can help the growth of mushrooms after a certain time.可知是a fungus pack里面的fungus spores促进了蘑菇的生长，破折号后面a culture medium with fungus spores是对a fungus pack的解释说明，故选B。
3.When did the courier station tell the owner to get his parcel?
A As soon as the parcel arrived.
B Long after the parcel arrived.
C After the mushrooms came out.
D On November 24.
解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据第三段When the courier station received the parcel, they gave the customer a call asking him to come and pick up his parcel, at which point mushrooms hadn’t yet appeared.可知驿站收到包裹就打电话通知了顾客取包裹，故选A。
4.How did the buyer feel about the mushrooms?
A Hopeful.
B Angry.
C Pleased.
D Confused.
解析：选C。C 观点态度题。根据第四段The parcel has now been taken away by its owner, who praised the growth of the mushrooms and said they were even bigger than the others he had bought in the past.可知他称赞蘑菇长得好，说它们比他以前买的都要大，推测买家的心里应该是高兴的，故选C。
5.Where can you find this passage?
A In a plant magazine.
B In a story book.
C In an advertisement.
D In a newspaper.
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。文章讲的是一个包裹因为含有真菌包且在快递站放置太久而长出了蘑菇，这是比较少见的，应该会出现在新闻中，故选D。