Dear Linda,
I have been in England three months now, and it’s my first time to be here. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.
I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
Yours
Alice
【小题1】The writer came to London from _________.

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

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

46. A. put down         B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

47. A. So                   B. But              C. And              D. Though

48. A. song             B. word             C. bell             D. noise

49. A. late             B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

50. A. pay for              B. look for         C. wait for         D. care for

51. A. idea             B. mistake          C. money                D. answer

52. A. quietly              B. angrily              C. happily          D. heavily

53. A. speak                B. tell             C. talk             D. say

54. A. helped               B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

55. A. for                  B. from             C. with             D. about