Question

One day Trudy saw an advertisement in a magazine. It offered a packet of 100 mixed stamps for $10. Trudy wanted to start a stamp collection so she ordered the packet. One hundred mixed stamps seemed a good way to begin a collection. She sent a postal order to the stamp company with her order, and waited excitedly for the stamps arrived. Trudy checked the mail every day for four weeks but the stamps didn’t arrive. So Trudy decided to write to the company. “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote, “a month ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. They haven’t arrived. Please send them by return of mail.” another month passed. The stamps still didn’t arrive and she didn’t receive any replay to her letter. She asked her father for advice. Her father said, “You must write a stronger letter. Make the stamp company worry that you will report them to the authorities.” “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote in her second letter. “I am writing to complain about your poor service. Two months ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. I didn’t receive the stamps. A month ago I wrote to inform you of this. I still haven’t received the stamps, and you haven’t replied to my letter. If I do not receive the stamps within seven days. I shall report this matter to the authorities.” Two days later Trudy received the stamps in the mail.
小題1:Trudy ordered the stamps because _______.

A．it seemed a good way to start a stamp collection

B．she wanted to give them to her father

C．she need them to mail some letters

D．she thought they were cheap

小題2:Trudy paid for the stamps with ________.

A．cash

B．a check

C．the credit card

D．a postal order

小題3:Trudy checked the mail every day for ______.

A．4 months

B．a week

C．a month

D．for 3 weeks

小題4:In her second letter Trudy complained about how _______.

A．expensive the stamps were

B．boring the stamps were

C．poor the company’s service was

D．slow the postal service was

小題5:Trudy received the stamps ______ after she sent the second letter.

A．a week

B．a month

C．two months

D．two days

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：一天特魯迪在一本雜志上看到一個廣告。它提供一包100張混郵票給他10元。特魯迪想開始收集郵票，她發出了郵政匯票到郵票公司，興奮地等待郵票。特魯迪每天都檢查郵箱持續了一個月，但郵票沒有到達。因此，特魯迪決定寫信給該公司�！坝H愛的先生/女士，”她寫道，“一個月前，我給你10元的郵政匯票作為100混郵票支付。他們還沒有到達。請發送郵件的回報。一個月過去了。這套郵票仍然沒到，她沒有收到任何重播給她的信。她問她的父親的意見。她的父親說，“你必須寫一個更強的信。郵票公司擔心，你將他們向當局報告�！白鹁吹南壬�/女士，”她在她的第二封信中寫道�！拔覍懶艁肀г鼓憧蓱z的服務。兩個月前，我給你發了10元的郵政匯票作為100混郵票支付。我沒有收到郵票。一個月前，我寫信通知你。我還沒有收到郵票，你還沒有回答我的信。如果我沒有收到郵票七天內。我將這個問題向有關部門報告。兩天后特魯迪收到郵票。
小題1:細節理解題，根據文中語句“Trudy wanted to start a stamp collection so she ordered the packet. One hundred mixed stamps seemed a good way to begin a collection..”理解可知。Trudy想集郵，并且這是集郵的好方法，因此她預定了郵票，故選A。
小題2:細節理解題，根據文中語句“he sent a postal order to the stamp company with her order, and waited excitedly for the stamps arrived.”理解可知。Trudy通過郵政匯票的方式預定的郵票故選D。
小題3:細節理解題，根據文中語句“Trudy checked the mail every day for four weeks but the stamps didn’t arrive.”理解可知。Trudy每天都去查閱自己的郵箱，持續了一個月的時間故選C。
小題4:細節理解題，根據文中語句“I am writing to complain about your poor service.”理解可知。Trudy在第二封信中抱怨了他們的低等服務，故選C
小題5:細節理解題，根據文中語句“Two days later Trudy received the stamps in the mail.”理解可知。第二封信發出兩天后，得到了郵票故選D。
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