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.
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
2.Trudy paid for the stamps with ________.
A.cash B.a check C.the credit
card D.a postal
order
3.Trudy checked the mail every day for ______.
A.4 months B.a week C.a month D.for 3 weeks
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
5.Trudy received the stamps ______ after she sent the
second letter.
A.a week B.a month C.two months D.two days