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1、2019高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习三星级14ADearSir,Justoversixmonthsago,IsawanadvertisementintheMorningMailforasetofthecompleteworksofWilliamShakespeare.Yourcompany,CosmobooksLtd,offeredthisset(eightbooksofplaysandtwobooksofpoetry)ata‘&remarkable'price:fifteenpoundsandfiftype
2、nce,includingpostageandpacking.IhadwantedasetofShakespeare'splaysandpoemsforsometime,andthesebookslookedparticularlyattractive,soIsentforthem.Twoweekslater,thebooksarrived,togetherwithasetofworksofCharlesDickenswhichIhadnotordered.SoIreturnedtheDickensboo
3、kstoyou,withachequeforfifteenpoundsandfiftypencefortheworksofShakespeare.Twomoreweekspassed.ThentherearrivedonmydoorstepasecondsetoftheworksofShakespeare,thesamesetofnovelsbyDickensandasixbooksetoftheplaysofMoliere,inFrench.SinceIdonotreadFrench,thesewere
4、ofnousetomeatall.However,Icouldnotaffordtopostallthesebooksbacktoyou,soIwrotetoyourightawayinstructingyoutocomeandcollectallthebooksthatIdidnotwant,andaskingyounottosendanyotherbooksuntilfurthernotice.Youdidnotreplytothatletter.Insteadyousentmeabillforfor
5、tytwopounds,andasetoftheplaysofSchiller,inGerman.Sincethen,anewsetofbookshasarrivedeverytwoweeks,theworksofGoethe,thepoemsofMilton,theplaysofStrindberg;IhardlyknowwhatIhave.Thebooksarestillallintheirboxes,inthegarage,andmycarhastostandintherainoutside.Ple
6、asesendnomorebooks,sendnomorebills,sendnomoreangrylettersdemandingpayment.Justsendonelargelorryandtakeallthebooksaway,leavingmeonlywiththeonesetofthecompleteworksofShakespeareforwhichIhavepaid.Yoursfaithfully,SIMONWALKER56.SimonWalker'smainpurposeofwritin
7、gtheletteristo.A.showhisangertoCosmoBooksLtd.B.argueaboutsendinghimbookshehadnotorderedC.advisereadersnottoorderbooksfromCosmoBooksLtd.D.urgeCosmoBooksLtd.totakeawaythebookshehadnotordered57.TheadvertisementthatMr.WalkersawintheMorningMailwasfor.A.unlimit
8、ednumberofCosmoBooksB.asetof10booksoftheworksofShakespeareC.fifteenpoundsand.fiftypenceD.abookcontainingalltheplaysandpoemsofShakespeare58.Itcanbeinferredthat.A.Mr.Walkertooksomeactionafterreceivingthebookshedidnoto