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10、Always Return Your phone Calls

Angela knew that Charlotte, her best friend, was having a rough time.Charlotte was moody and depressed. She didn't want to talk to anyone  1  Angela. She often argued with her mom and had  2  quarrels with her sister.  3  , Charlotte's desperate poetry worried Angela.

    No one was  4  particularly good speaking terms with Charlotte that summer. For most of her friends, Charlotte had become too  5 .They had no interest in   6  with someone who was in so much pain. Their  7  to "be a friend" were met with angry accusations(指责).

    Angela was the only one who could  8  her. Although she would have liked to be  9  ,Angela spent most of her time inside with her troubled friend. Then a day came  10  Angela had to move. She was going just across town, but Charlotte would no longer be her neighbor, and they would be spending far  11 time together.

    The first day in her new neighborhood, out playing with her new neighbours, Angela  12   how Charlotte was doing. When she got home, her mother told her that Charlotte had  13 .

    Angela went to the phone to return the call. No answer. She left a(n)  14  on Charlotte's machine. "Hi Charlotte, it's Angela. Call me back !"

    About half an hour  15 Charlotte called. "Angela, I have to tell you something. When you called, I was in the basement. I had a gun to my head. I was about to kill myself, but then I heard your voice on the machine  16 ."

    Angela fell into her chair.

"When I heard your voice, I  17  someone loves me, and I am so 18  that it is you. I'm

going to get help, because I love you, too."

    Charlotte hung up the phone. Angela went right over to 19  , and they sat on the door step and  20  .

1. A. besides                 B. like                   C. except for                D. including

2. A. violent                 B. uneasy           C. active               D. anxious

3. A. At all                B. Most of all      C. In all                D. After all

4.A. out                  B. with          C. on                 D. under

5. A. troublesome        B. dangerous       C. lonely              D. difficult

6.A. hanging out         B  catching up   C. making up           D. coming up

7. A. attempts           B  abilities         C. plans                D  requirements

8. A. teach                     B  instruct      C. reach                D  like

9. A. in                  B  away          C. indoors              D  outside

10. A..when            B  in which       C. which              D  that

11. A. little              B  less           C. more               D  much

12. A. asked                    B  recognized      C. wondered         D  knew

13. A. called             B  come        C. cried               D  gone

14.A.message            B. information      C. mark             D  sign

15.A.late                B. later           C. or so               D  ago

16.A. upstairs            B. downstairs      C. far away            D  nearby

17.A.doubted             B. realized       C. suspected           D  recognized

18.A.comfortable       B. hopeful       C. lucky               D  injure

19.A.Charlotte's house   B. their school    C. the park             D  the garden

20.A.talked            B. cried         C. whispered           D. prayed