Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, ___1.____ can all be easily found on Google, but very often people ___2.____ (actual) ask these things by telephoning. Your answer may __3.____ (reply) to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes ___4.____ (take) place in our manners due to technology. In ___5.___ late 1870s, when the telephone was invented, people didn’t know how __6.____ (greet) a caller. Often there is just silence. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say “Ahoy”, ___7.___ finally “Hello” went out, the greeting is now used in everyday face-to-face communications.

Try to be ___8.____ (respect) no matter who you communicate __9.___. Just keep it in mind that ___10.___ (polite) never goes out of fashion.

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