首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
职称考试
共用题干 第三篇Who Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?I just mailed the chicken and...
共用题干 第三篇Who Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?I just mailed the chicken and...
admin
2020-12-24
38
问题
共用题干
第三篇
Who Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
I just mailed the chicken and the egg,each in its own separate packaging,and kept
careful track of when each shipment was sent from a post office in Cambridge,
Massachusetts,and when it later arrived at its intended destination in New York City.
In mailing the chicken,I was careful to adhere to the restrictions described in the
American Postal Service's Domestic Mail Manual 57,as updated on April 3,2003.This,
the most recent,version of the Manual states that:"Adult chickens must be sent by
Express Mail.The containers used must pass the standards in International Safe Transit
Association Test Procedure IA;be strong enough to endure normal handling;and ensure
enough air for the chickens in transit...The number of birds must not be more than the
container's limit."
I mailed the chicken in a wooden box got from a colleague who does research with
birds.
Then,I mailed the egg in standard packaging obtained through an industrial supplier.
It's quite simple.
I posted both the chicken and the egg at 9:40 am,on a Monday morning,from the
Harvard Square post office,in Cambridge,Massachusetts.The staff there told me that
this was the first chicken anyone had mailed from there in recent memory,and perhaps
ever.They handled both the chicken and the egg skillfully and politely.
The intended destination for both packages was the James A.Farley General Post
Office,which is located in Manhattan right next to the Penn Station train terminal.
I took the subway from the Harvard Square to the Boston train station,and from there
boarded a train to New York City,a distance of about 320 kilometers,arriving that
afternoon at Penn Station.I immediately went to the post office,to await the arrivals of the
chicken and the egg.
The James A.Farley General Post Office is open 24 hours a day,so I was able to
wait there until both items arrived.I inquired once per hour for both the chicken and the
egg.
That day,Monday,neither the chicken nor the egg arrived.The next day,Tuesday,
neither the chicken nor the egg arrived.
The chicken arrived at 10:31 am,Wednesday.The staff at the post office told
me that this was the first chicken anyone had mailed to the post office in recent memory,
and perhaps ever.The egg arrived that same day,at 9:37pm,11 hours after the
chicken.
Based on experiment data,it's now quite clear that the chicken came first,the egg
second.
选项
Why did the author go to New York City?
A:Because he had never been there before.
B:Because he wanted to show that he could arrive before both the chicken and the egg.
C:Because he wanted to check which of the two items would arrive first.
D:Because he had sent the chicken and the egg to himself.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/YmMQKKKQ
相关试题推荐
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidencei...
共用题干 TheJoyofLivingAloneMoreandmoreAmericansarelivingalone.Someli...
共用题干 TheJoyofLivingAloneMoreandmoreAmericansarelivingalone.Someli...
随机试题
好发于老年人的石瘿病例类型为 A.鳞状细胞癌 B.乳头状腺癌 C.未分化腺
休克早期动脉血压变化的特点是 A.升高 B.降低 C.变化不明显 D.先
( )被誉为“交响曲之父”。 A.巴赫 B.贝多芬 C.李斯特 D.海
某高层办公楼内的一间会议室,该会议室呈正方形,边长为21.6m,会议室内设置了湿
阅读下列材料,回答问题。 据教科院基础教育研究院的调查:80.9%的家
局部振动病的典型临床表现是( )A.发作性白指或白手B.肢端感觉障碍C.类神经征,D.多汗、血压改变等自主神经功能紊乱表现E.以上都不是
公共租赁住房租赁合同的内容包括()。A.承租人应当具备的条件B.房屋维修责任C.退回公共租赁住房的情形D.租赁期限、租金数额和支付方式E.房屋的位置
根据《招标投标法》,下列关于招标投标的说法,正确的是()。A:招标分为公开招标、邀请招标和议标三种方式B:联合体中标后,联合体各方应分别与招标人签订合同C:
下列基坑围护结构中,主要结构材料可以回收反复使用的是()。A.地下连续墙B.灌注桩C.水泥挡土墙D.组合式SMW桩
装修过程中未经批准不应有的行为包括()。A.搭建建筑物、构筑物B.改变住宅外立面,在非承重外墙上开门、窗C.拆改供暖管道和设施D.拆改燃气管道和设施E