One day,Betty saw an advertisement in a magazine. It offered a packet of 100 mixed stamps for $ 10. Betty 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 packet order to the stamp company,and waited excitedly for the stamps to arrive.

  Betty checked the mail every day for four weeks,but the stamps didn't arrive. So Betty 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. But they haven't arrived yet. Please send them by return of mail."

  Another month passed,the stamps still didn't arrive,neither did she receive any reply to her letter. She asked her father for advice. Mr. Wilson said, " You must write a stronger letter. Make the stamp company worry that you will report them to the city government."

  "Dear Sir / Madam,”Betty wrote in her second letter, "I'm 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 did not 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 city government."

  Two days later Betty received the stamps in the mail.

(   ) 1. From the reading we learn that         .

   A. Betty's father is a city official

   B. Betty wanted to collect stamps

   C. the advertisement was not true

   D. the stamp company had no mixed stamps at all

(   ) 2. The word "inform" in the reading means       .

   A. warn   B. tell   C. introduce   D. trouble

(   ) 3. Betty wrote the second letter because         .

   A. her father told her to do so

   B. she wanted her $10 back

   C. the company didn't receive her first letter

   D. she could get more than one hundred stamps

(   ) 4. How long did it take Betty to get her stamps?

   A. Four weeks. B. Four months.

   C. Less than a month. D. More than two months.

(   ) 5. We can infer that         .

   A. the company wanted to get more money from Betty

   B. the company didn't want to get into trouble

   C. the company had no people to do the job

   D. Betty wrote to the city government

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