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Module 2 Great books 主题阅读 A Dear sir, Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in a morning newspaper for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company offered this set at a low price: 15 pounds and 50 pence. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the works of Charles Dickens which I had not wanted. So I returned the Dickens’ books to you. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of Dickens’ books and a set of the plays of Moliere, in French. I did not read French, and they were not useful at all, so I wrote to you. You did not answer that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for 42 pounds and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. I have no room for any more books, and I have no time to read them all. Please send no more books, no more bills and no more angry letters for payment. Just send one large truck and take the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the works of Shakespeare for which I have paid. Yours, Simon Walker 根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。 ( ) 1. The advertisement in the morning newspaper was for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. ( ) 2. Mr Walker wanted to order Dickens’ books. ( ) 3. Two weeks later, he got the works of Schiller. ( ) 4. The company wanted Simon to pay for all the books. ( ) 5. Mr Walker told them to take away all the books except Shakespeare’s books. B Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest. Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an