丹麦红色邮筒谢幕，终结百年信件递送（语法填空）
丹麦红色邮筒谢幕，终结百年信件递送（语法填空）


Denmark’s bright red mailboxes are an iconic sight, beloved by visitors and residents alike. Now, ____1____, the colorful vessels are disappearing from street corners as PostNord prepares to end its letter ____2____ (deliver) service in the country.

“We have been the Danes’ postal service for 400 years, and therefore it is a difficult decision to put a bow on that part of our story,” says Kim Pedersen, CEO for PostNord Denmark. Yet the Danes have become more and more digital, ____3____ means that there are very few letters left for us ____4____ (handle) today. Danes hardly receive any letters anymore. The number of letters sent in Denmark has decreased by more than 90 percent since 2000, ____5____ (fall) from more than 1.4 billion to less than 200 million, and the downturn continues so clearly that the market for letters is no longer ____6____ (profit).
Letter-writers in Denmark will still be able to send mail via the delivery company Dao. But they’ll either have to take their post to a Dao shop directly, or pay a fee to have their mail ____7____ (collect). Dao already operates in Denmark and plans to expand ____8____(it) footprint this year, expecting to go from 30 million to 80 million.
Denmark may be the first European country to end ____9____ state-run letter delivery — but it likely won’t be the last. Postal services in other countries around the world are also struggling, including those in Greece, Canada and the United States, ____10____ (report) the Economist.
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解析：选however。however 考查上下文逻辑与衔接副词。空前描述红色邮筒是受人喜爱的标志性景观（iconic sight, beloved...），空后则指出它们正在街头消失（disappearing），前后语义形成明显转折。因此，需要填入表示转折关系的副词“however”，意为“然而”。其他常见的转折连词（如but, yet）通常不用于此位置（前后用逗号隔开、插入句中）。故填however。

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解析：选delivery。delivery 考查词性转换（动词变为名词）。空格前有letter和所有格its修饰，应填入名词形式。deliver是动词，其名词形式为delivery。letter delivery service意为“信件递送服务”。故填delivery。

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解析：选which。which 考查定语从句关系词。空格引导一个非限制性定语从句，修饰前面整个主句“the Danes have become more and more digital”。从句缺少主语，且指代前面整个主句的内容，应使用关系代词which。

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解析：选to handle。to handle 考查非谓语动词（不定式作定语）。letters left for us to handle是固定结构，意为“留给我们去处理的信件”。to handle作后置定语，修饰letters，表示“待处理”的动作。故填to handle。

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解析：选falling。falling 考查非谓语动词（现在分词作状语）。主句主语The number与动词fall之间是主动关系，且falling from... to...是伴随主句谓语has decreased发生的具体变化，作结果状语，故用现在分词falling。

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解析：选profitable。profitable 考查词性转换（名词变为形容词）。is是系动词，后接表语。no longer（不再）后应接形容词描述市场状态。profit是名词/动词，其形容词形式为profitable（盈利的）。故填profitable。

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解析：选collected。collected 考查非谓语动词（过去分词表被动）。have their mail collected是“have sth. done”结构，意为“让某物被…”。此处mail与collect之间为被动关系（邮件被收取），故用过去分词collected。

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解析：选its。its 考查代词的所有格形式。主语“Dao”是一个公司名称，在语法上通常被视为单数名词，因此这里需要使用第三人称单数中性所有格代词“its”，意为“它的”，来指代该公司，修饰名词“footprint”。故填its。

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解析：选the。the 考查冠词。名词短语“state-run letter delivery”在这里是特指丹麦“国营信件递送服务”这一具体事物，应用定冠词the。

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解析：选reports。reports 这是一个常见的“引述内容+says/reports+消息来源”的倒装结构。空格处需要根据主语the Economist（单数、第三人称）和上下文时态（通篇为现在时），填写谓语动词的正确形式。故填reports。