Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.

The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite(无限的） applications. Virtually in any public space.

Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.

So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid.

For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:

"Yes, I'm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there."

Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.

Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.

One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."

And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.

"Hello? Are you still there?"  Oops.

1.According to the passage Fake Foning is _______________________.

A．a strategy to avoid people                 B．a device newly produced

C．a service provided everywhere             D．a skill of communication

2.In the author's opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to__________________.

A．talk about interesting matters              B．behave politely to people passing by

C．hold the phone while walking              D．appear absorbed in conversation

3.What does the last example show?

A．One effective way is to fake fone one's doctor.

B．One has to be careful while fake foning.

C．Fake foning may not cheat people.

D．Fake foning is always quite successful.

4.After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author___________________.

A．immediately started talking to the caller

B．immediately started talking to his colleague

C．put the phone away and stopped talking

D．continued with his fake conversation

5.What is the tone of the passage?

A．Critical.           B．Humorous.         C．Serious.           D．Unclear.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分。）并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A：—Good morning．I’m ringing from the Circulation department of the Daily Mirror to say…

B：—____．

A：—A newspaper, dear lady．A famous newspaper．

B：—____．

A：—Well, mainly perhaps to have the fullest possible picture of what is going on in the world．

B：—___．

A：—But TV isn’t really enough, is it? A newspaper is able to give so many more details than the TV news can．

B：—____

A：—With respect, I think everybody ought to be interested in details these days．But anyway, beside the side of the matter, our newspaper offers many other things to interest its readers．Articles, stories, cinema programmers-- to name just a few．

B：—___．

A：—Nor do I, to tell you the truth： The films these days aren’t as good as they used to be, but …．Hello? Are you still there? Hello? Good heavens, she’s hung up! What a very unpleasant woman!

       A．What’s that?

       B．Who are you？

       C．I’m not interested in more details．

       D．Anyway, why should I want your news paper?

       E．I get that perfectly from TV．

       F．I don’t go to the cinema．

       G．I like watching TV．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

（Zhang=Z   Mr．Smith=M）

Z: Hello, are you Mr．Smith from the United States?

M: Yes, Robert Smith．Please call me Robert．_1.__．

Z: My pleasure．Welcome to China．My name is Zhang Lin．You can call me Lin．This is my card．

M: Thank you．And _2.__．

Z: Oh, good, thanks．How was the journey?

M: __3.__, although a little tiring．．

Z: Then let’s get your things and go to the hotel now．

M: Oh, thank you．_4.__?

Z: It’s about thirty minutes’ drive．By the way, we are going to have a dinner party for you this evening．

M: It’s very kind of you．_5.__?

Z: Six thirty．I’ll pick you up at six o’clock．

M: Ok, see you then．

Z: Bye．

    A．It was OK

    B．Where is the hotel

    C．Here is my card

    D．Where shall we go

    E．Thank you for meeting me

    F．How many people are going there

    G．What time does it begin

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分。）并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A：—Good morning．I’m ringing from the Circulation department of the Daily Mirror to say…

B：—__1.__．

A：—A newspaper, dear lady．A famous newspaper．

B：—__2.__．

A：—Well, mainly perhaps to have the fullest possible picture of what is going on in the world．

B：—__3._．

A：—But TV isn’t really enough, is it? A newspaper is able to give so many more details than the TV news can．

B：—__4.__

A：—With respect, I think everybody ought to be interested in details these days．But anyway, beside the side of the matter, our newspaper offers many other things to interest its readers．Articles, stories, cinema programmers-- to name just a few．

B：—_5.__．

A：—Nor do I, to tell you the truth： The films these days aren’t as good as they used to be, but …．Hello? Are you still there? Hello? Good heavens, she’s hung up! What a very unpleasant woman!

E．I get that perfectly from TV．

F．I don’t go to the cinema．

G．I like watching TV．

Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.
The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite(无限的） applications. Virtually in any public space.
Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.
So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid.
For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:
"Yes, I'm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there."
Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.
One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
"Hello? Are you still there?"  Oops.
【小题1】According to the passage Fake Foning is _______________________.