Section C Compound Dictation
A couple of months ago, I went to a department store to buy a few things for the house. I needed a set of curtains for the living room, two table lamps, a rug and several (36) ______ . I asked them to deliver the things as soon as possible, but they said that they were (37) ______ to send them out until 20 days later. After about 3 weeks, I (38) ______ only the curtains and lamps. I was a little disappointed when I didn't receive all the (39) ______ I had bought. But nevertheless, I was eager to see what the curtains and lamps looked like. I first opened the (40) ______ with the curtains. I had bought a lovely (41) ______ blue, and instead they had sent me a horrible dark purple. Well, you can just (42) ______ how angry I was. Then I opened the boxes with the lamps. They were exactly what I'd (43) ______ . But one of the lamp shapes was damaged. (44) _______________________________________________ . They promised to come and (45) _______________________________________________________ . It has been two weeks since my complaint. (46) ____________________________________________________________ .