摘要: It’s no use q with him about it.

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  It’s enough to give anyone an earache.Women spend an average of about five years on the phone during their working lives, research has shown.

  You won’t be surprised to learn that women spend 18 months longer than men on the phone-who only chat for an average of three years.

  Both sexes make and receive almost the same number of calls-277,000 for men and 288,000 for women.But women spend 13,500 more hours in total on their conversations.

  More than half of those chats are work-related but people spend on average twice as long on a personal call(10 minutes)as on a business one.

  Despite the explosion in mobile phone ownership, most people still prefer to use landlines, the poll(民意调查)found.

  However, when people are tired of talking, the top excuse for getting a caller off the line is to say “Someone’s at the door.” Other favourites include “I’m cooking” and “I need to go to the toilet”.

  Eight out of ten phone users admitted not answering their phones on purpose if they did not want to speak to the caller.

  One in three people thought calls after 10 pm were unacceptable but a quarter of those polled said they did not mind calls up to midnight.

  Two-thirds admitted they had people in their address books who they should ring but never got round to doing so.

  Joseph Blass, managing director of telecom company Toucan, said, “As a nation, we love to chat on the phone but it is quite astonishing when we look at the total number of calls we make in a lifetime.”

(1)

According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

[  ]

A.

Women spend about five years talking on the phone during their lifetime.

B.

Women make and receive the same number of calls as men do.

C.

On average, work-related calls are only half as long as personal calls.

D.

Usually a call made by a man is longer than one by a woman.

(2)

According to the poll, when someone on the phone says “Sorry, someone’s at the door”, he or she probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

he/she is going to the toilet

B.

he/she wants to stop chatting

C.

he/she is too tired to talk any longer

D.

he/she must go to open the door for someone

(3)

From the text, we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

calls around midnight are acceptable to some people

B.

80% of people always refuse to answer a phone call

C.

people never ring the people in their address books

D.

Joseph Blass was one of the people who were polled

(4)

What Joseph Blass says in the last paragraph shows that ________.

[  ]

A.

it’s no wonder that we all love to chat on the phone

B.

people in many countries love to chat on the phone

C.

people insist on often phoning their family and friends

D.

the amount of time people spend on the phone was unexpected

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  Last Friday my brother and I were driving home together after doing some shopping and gave our attention to an interesting conversation.Because of this distraction(分心)my brother took a wrong turn.

  Unfortunately, the wrong turn took us towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back.Unwillingly, my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on.He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless waste of $4.

  We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother noticed a young fellow pulled over to the side of the road.He came out of his car and tried to phone someone.I was busy trying to figure out which way we would go next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help.And he did.He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.

  My brother gave him a wrench, and then began to help him change the flat.The young man said that this had been a bad week for him:earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work.But he called us “a breath of fresh air”and kept thanking us because he really would have been stuck if we hadn't come along.

  After we finished the job he thanked us again and pulled out $20 from his pocket and tried to give it to us.“No, ” I said.“We were never supposed to even get on that bridge, we took a wrong turn.But now we know why we did.It was to help you.Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to serve.”

  What I loved most was that my brother was able to see a chance to help.His reaction in the situation is a lesson for everyone and we felt so good the rest of the day.

(1)

When did the author and his brother notice the young man who had a flat tire?

[  ]

A.

Before they arrived at a bridge.

B.

When they were passing through an exit.

C.

When the young man stopped them for help.

D.

After they came back to the right road.

(2)

We can learn from the text that the writer's brother ________.

[  ]

A.

was a warm-hearted young man

B.

didn't know the roads well

C.

made the turn to help the young man

D.

regretted making a wrong turn all the way home

(3)

What did the young man mean by calling the writer and his brother “a breath of fresh air”?

[  ]

A.

He had been in the hot sun waiting for help for so long.

B.

His car's air conditioner was broken.

C.

They changed his bad luck and the bad mood he was in.

D.

They calmed him down by offering him a cold drink.

(4)

Which of the following sentences best describes the writer's experience?

[  ]

A.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

B.

God helps those who help themselves.

C.

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

D.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

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