【单选题】
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题的四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
TwoBridges,
West Sussex.
CosmoBooks LtD、,
HertfordEstate,
Rickmansworth,
Middx.
25th February
Ref. GBS/SW/4CJDear 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,CosmoBooks LtD、,{{U}} (21) {{/U}}this set(eight books of plays and two books of poetry ) at what was claimed to be a "remarkable"{{U}} (22) {{/U}}: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including 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{{U}} (23) {{/U}}; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived,{{U}} (24) {{/U}}with a set of the complete works ofCharlesDickens which 1 had not ordereD、So I returned theDickens books to you, with a{{U}} (25) {{/U}}for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passeD、Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels byDickens and a six-book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all.{{U}} (26) {{/U}}, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end ofAugust of last year, instructing you to come and{{U}} (27) {{/U}}all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further{{U}} (28) {{/U}}.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead 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{{U}} (29) {{/U}}: the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I{{U}} (30) {{/U}}know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to{{U}} (31) {{/U}}in the rain outside.
I have no{{U}} (32) {{/U}}for any more books, and even if I read from now on{{U}} (33) {{/U}}the Last Judgment, 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{{U}} (34) {{/U}}payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away,{{U}} (35) {{/U}}me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paiD、
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
B．seldom
C．hardly
D．nearly
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解题指要] C选项hardly的意思是“几乎不”，本句意思是“我几乎都不知道我有什么 (书)。”表达一种无可奈何的情感。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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