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______ the red switch on the left and the flying machine will swiftly go up into the air and _____ its journey.
A. Pressing; begins C. Press; begin C. Pressed; begins D. To press; to begin
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14, Woodman Road,
Two Bridges,
West Sussex.
25th February
Cosmo Books Ltd.
Hertford Estate,
Rickmansworth,
Middy,
Ref.GBS/SW/4CJ
Dear Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare.Your company, Cosmo Books Ltd._____1_____ this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at _____2_____ was claimed to be a “remarkable” _____3_____ fifteen pounds and fifty pence, _____4_____ postage and packing.I had wanted a set of Shakespeare's plays and poems for some time, and these books in red imitation leather, looked particularly _____5_____ ; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, _____6_____ with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not _____7_____. So I returned the Dickens' books to you, with a _____8_____ for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare Two mom weeks passed.Then there _____9_____ on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six-book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I don't read French, these were of no use to me at all. _____10_____ ,I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and _____11_____ all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further _____12_____ . You did not reply to that letter. _____13_____, you sent me a bill for forty-two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two _____14_____ the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I _____15_____ know what I have The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to _____16_____ in the rain outside
I have no _____17_____ for any more books, and even if I read from now on until the Last _____18_____, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters _____19_____ payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, _____20_____ me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON ALKER
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