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 _______________________.

In January 1986 I saw a show about cartooning called “Funny Business” on TV. I had always wanted to be a __36__but never knew how. So I wrote to the host of the_37_, cartoonist Jack Cassady, asking for advice on entering the profession(职业).

Two weeks later I got a (n) __38__letter from Jack, answering my questions about materials and process(过程). He also __39__ me not to get discouraged if I was refused__40__. He said the cartoon samples（样本） I sent him were good and worthy of publication（出版）.

I got very __41__, finally understanding how the whole process__42__. I sent my best cartoons to Playboy and New Yorker, ___43___ the magazines rejected（拒绝）me immediately. Discouraged, I put my art supplies in the box and__44__to forget all about cartooning.

To my__45__, in June 1987 I got another letter from Jack, although I hadn’t even__46__ him for the former advice. Here’s what he said:

Dear Scott,

I was reviewing my “Funny Business” mail file when I again came__47__ your letter and your cartoons. I remember answering you letter.

I’m writing to encourage you to submit(提交) your ideas to various publications again. I hope you have __48__ done so and are making progress and having some__49__ too. Sometimes encouragement in the funny business is hard to come by. That’s__50__ I am encouraging you to hang in there and keep drawing.

I wish you good luck.

Sincerely,

Jack

I was deeply__51__because Jack had nothing to gain—including my thanks. I acted on his__52__, took out my art supplies and inked the sample strips(漫画连载) that__53__ became Dilbert.

I feel__54__that I wouldn’t have tried cartooning again if Jack hadn’t sent the second letter. As Dilbert became more successful I came to __55__ Jack’s simple act of kindness.

1.                A．singer          B．writer          C．actor D．cartoonist

2.                A．show           B．television       C．wedding  D．party

3.                A．surprising       B．encouraging     C．shocking D．disappointing

4.                A．allowed        B．suggested       C．insisted   D．warned

5.                A．at first          B．first of all        C．at last    D．in the end

6.                A．confused       B．anxious         C．excited   D．enthusiastic

7.                A．performed      B．advanced       C．behaved  D．worked

8.                A．but            B．so             C．and  D．though

9.                A．concluded      B．persuaded      C．decided  D．thought

10.               A．disappointment  B．surprise        C．sorrow(悲伤)   D．satisfaction

11.               A．asked          B．hoped         C．wished    D．thanked

12.               A．across         B．over           C．off   D．through

13.               A．still            B．ever           C．already    D．yet

14.               A．trouble         B．fun            C．difficulty   D．problem

15.               A．what           B．which          C．how  D．why

16.               A．touched        B．interested      C．shocked   D．influenced

17.               A．warning        B．encouragement  C．advice D．view

18.               A．surprisingly     B．finally          C．constantly D．freely

19.               A．concerned      B．uneasy         C．worried   D．certain

20.               A．understand     B．honor          C．appreciate D．respect

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Long ago there lived in Greece a learned man.He was so well-known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people 1 all over the country came to learn things 2 him.The great man taught his students whole-heartedly   and 3 their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him,”My dear teacher,didn't you 4 you yourself have 5 questions about things than we do?On the contrary we students have far more than you.”

6 a smile,the teacher drew two circles:one as large as a big wheel, 7 smaller.

“Of course,I’ve learned much more.But a teacher does not necessarily have 8 questions than his students.Now look at these two circles.Within the big one is my knowledge of things,and within the smaller one 9 .Out of the circles is 10 is still unknown to us. 11 mine is larger,the line that 12 the circle is longer.That means I have more opportunities to face what is 13 unknown.And that’s why I myself have more questions that you do.The 14 you learn,the more questions you will have.You will 15 learn enough,you know.”