2013届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:fifteenpoundsandfiftypence,includingpostageandpacking．IhadwantedasetofShakespeare'splaysandpoemsforsometime,andthesebookslookedparticularlyattractive,soIsentforthem．Twoweekslater,thebooksarrived,togetherwithasetofworksofCharlesDickenswhichIhadnotordered．SoIreturnedtheDickensbookstoyou,withachequeforfifteenpoundsandfiftypencefortheworksofShakespeare．Twomoreweekspassed．ThentherearrivedonmydoorstepasecondsetoftheworksofShakespeare,thesamesetofnovelsbyDickensandasixbooksetoftheplaysofMoliere,inFrench．SinceIdonotreadFrench,thesewereofnousetomeatall．However,Icouldnotaffordtopostallthesebooksbacktoyou,soIwrotetoyourightawayinstructingyoutocomeandcollectallthebooksthatIdidnotwant,andaskingyounottosendanyotherbooksuntilfurthernotice．Youdidnotreplytothatletter．Insteadyousentmeabillforfortytwopounds,andasetoftheplaysofSchiller,inGerman．Sincethen,anewsetofbookshasarrivedeverytwoweeks,theworksofGoethe,thepoemsofMilton,theplaysofStrindberg;IhardlyknowwhatIhave．Thebooksarestillallintheirboxes,inthegarage,andmycarhastostandintherainoutside．Pleasesendnomorebooks,sendnomorebills,sendnomoreangrylettersdemandingpayment．Justsendonelargelorryandtakeallthebooksaway,leavingmeonlywiththeonesetofthecompleteworksofShakespeareforwhichIhavepaid．Yoursfaithfully,SIMONWALKER56．SimonWalker'smainpurposeofwritingtheletteristo.A．showhisangertoCosmoBooksLtd．B．argueaboutsendinghimbookshehadnotorderedC．advisereadersnottoorderbooksfromCosmoBooksLtd．D．urgeCosmoBooksLtd．totakeawaythebookshehadnotordered57．TheadvertisementthatMr．WalkersawintheMorningMailwasfor.A．unlimitednumberofCosmoBooksB．asetof10booksoftheworksofShakespeareC．fifteenpoundsand．fiftypenceD．abookcontainingalltheplaysandpoemsofShakespeare58．Itcanbeinferredthat.1A．Mr．WalkertooksomeactionafterreceivingthebookshedidnotorderB．severalsetsofbookshavebeensenttoMr．WalkerfreeofchargeC．CosmoBookshavesentbillsforbooksthattheyhavenotsentD．Mr．Walkerhasn'treceivedthebooksthatheordered59．Thetone（语气）oftheletteristhatof.A．bitternessB．respectC．annoyanceD．humorBJKRowlingwritesnovelforadultsJKRowling,theHarryPotterauthor,hassignedadealwithLittle,BrownandCompanytopublishherfirstevernovelforadults,whichissettobecomeoneofthemostexpectedbookinyears．ThedealmeansthatRowling'slong-standingrelationshipwithBloomsbury,theLondon-basedpublisherthatlaunchedtheHarryPotterbooks,hascometoanend,atleastintermsofnewworksbytheauthor．Rowlingiskeepingherfansguessingaboutthecharactersandplotofhernewbook．SheonlysaidthatthenewnovelwillbenothingliketheHarryPotterseries,whichwassoldover30millioncopiesintheUKalone．Shethoughtthatwiththemovefromchildren'stoadultfiction,aswitchtoanewpublisherseemedlikeanaturalandreasonablestep,Shesaid,"AlthoughI'veenjoyedwritingiteverybitasmuch,thisbookwillbeverydifferentfromtheHarryPotterseries．Thefreedomtoexploreanewfieldisagiftt．thatHarry'ssuccesshasbroughtme．"IanRankin,theEdinburgh-basedauthorwhosehighly-successfuldetectivenovelsarealsosetinthecity,suggestedRowling'sbookwillbeacrimenovel．"Wouldn'titbefunnyifJKRowling'sfirstnovelforadultsturnedouttobeacrimesto...
