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.
小题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

小题2:Trudy paid for the stamps with ________.

A．cash

B．a check

C．the credit card

D．a postal order

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

A．4 months

B．a week

C．a month

D．for 3 weeks

小题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

小题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

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:D

试题分析：一天特鲁迪在一本杂志上看到一个广告。它提供一包100张混邮票给他10元。特鲁迪想开始收集邮票，她发出了邮政汇票到邮票公司，兴奋地等待邮票。特鲁迪每天都检查邮箱持续了一个月，但邮票没有到达。因此，特鲁迪决定写信给该公司。“亲爱的先生/女士，”她写道，“一个月前，我给你10元的邮政汇票作为100混邮票支付。他们还没有到达。请发送邮件的回报。一个月过去了。这套邮票仍然没到，她没有收到任何重播给她的信。她问她的父亲的意见。她的父亲说，“你必须写一个更强的信。邮票公司担心，你将他们向当局报告。“尊敬的先生/女士，”她在她的第二封信中写道。“我写信来抱怨你可怜的服务。两个月前，我给你发了10元的邮政汇票作为100混邮票支付。我没有收到邮票。一个月前，我写信通知你。我还没有收到邮票，你还没有回答我的信。如果我没有收到邮票七天内。我将这个问题向有关部门报告。两天后特鲁迪收到邮票。
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“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想集邮，并且这是集邮的好方法，因此她预定了邮票，故选A。
小题2:细节理解题，根据文中语句“he sent a postal order to the stamp company with her order, and waited excitedly for the stamps arrived.”理解可知。Trudy通过邮政汇票的方式预定的邮票故选D。
小题3:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Trudy checked the mail every day for four weeks but the stamps didn’t arrive.”理解可知。Trudy每天都去查阅自己的邮箱，持续了一个月的时间故选C。
小题4:细节理解题，根据文中语句“I am writing to complain about your poor service.”理解可知。Trudy在第二封信中抱怨了他们的低等服务，故选C
小题5:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Two days later Trudy received the stamps in the mail.”理解可知。第二封信发出两天后，得到了邮票故选D。
点评：首先通读全文，了解大概意思。然后看问题，带着问题精读全文，同时选择答案，必要时用排除法，注意，文章中一般都会有答案，有的可以直接找到，英美人并不愿意把问题弄得太深奥，不必想得太复杂，很多都是直接了当的，千万别自己发挥想象。但不得不说，平时多积累词汇量的话，答题可能就会主动一些，有把握一些。