On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call_______ it was of great importance. The Hardens’ 15-year-old daughter has gone ______ six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish you a happy Christmas,” she said, “I love you.”

Ronals and Edwine Harden were so _______ that they started a telephone service(服务)called “Alive and Well”. The service helps ______ to get in touch with children who have run away from home.

Young people can phone “Alive and Well” and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So _______ can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are _______ eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well” they can telephone their parents and they do not _______ about this or giving out their addresses.

The Hardens and their helpers _______ the telephone messages and connect(联系)the addresses given. About 30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in _______. For only two pence(便士)they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and _______ a parent’s worry: Is he dead or alive?

1.A.and B.or C.so D.but

2.A.away B.out C.back D.along

3.A.angry B.happy C.sad D.kind

4.A.teachers B.people C.parents D.friends

5.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.no one

6.A.at B.above C.over D.under

7.A.think B.worry C.talk D.hear

8.A.ask for B.listen to C.look up D.write down

9.A.Paris B.Tokyo C.London D.New York

10.A.stop B.make C.feel D.leave

Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths (电话亭). Six new types of booths are going to be built. One type will each offer 60 books to read or borrow. Another type will have users listen to audio books (有声书) and even record their own voices.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them even more. The world’s first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s in UK painted them red and made them special in cities.

In recent years the country has thought of many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens (屏幕) and wifi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online. Also, users can change the booth as they want to after renting (租) one from the company. Up to now, more than 1,500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafes, and even shower rooms.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become popular once again.

1.Among the six new types of phone booths in Shanghai, people can ______.

A.buy flowers B.surf the Internet

C.play video games D.record their own voices

2.Which country built the first phone booth?

A.China. B.The UK. C.Germany. D.The USA.

3.What is the 3rd paragraph main about?

A.A UK company has new ways to reuse telephone booths.

B.The phone booths in the UK are popular again.

C.A UK company has built new booths for user to surf the Internet.

D.People don’t use the phone booths to make calls any more in the UK.

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