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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
