Read our guide because－trust us－you don’t want to be the one everyone’s rolling their eyes at．
GO RIGHT AHEAD：
GOLDEN RULE：Home is pretty much the only place where you can safely blab(闲聊)about anything without having to consider the needs of the people around you．
HANDLE WITH CARE in these places：
Waiting rooms：People here tend to be feeling anxious about their news－not yours．
Shopping：Chatting while you’re in line will slow down checkout and make other shoppers angry．
GO RIGHT AHEAD：Make calls quickly and quietly, and be respectful of those forced to listen．
DON’T DO IT in these places：
Museums/libraries/churches：
There are places we go for peace and quiet－it’s not proper to disturb others．
Movies and plays：
People pay to hear someone other than you perform．
No one around you can escape．Why force them to listen to your chitchat?
Restaurants：
People come here partly to get away from ringing phones and enjoy their conversations, so don’t subject them to yours．
GO RIGHT AHEAD：Put your phone on vibrate(振动)if you must get a call but always wait until you are outside before you start talking．
While driving a car：
It’s rude to put other drivers in danger．So instead of going by the Golden Rules above, use a voice-activated phone(免提电话)－and use it as little as possible．You are four times as likely to get into a car accident if you’re on the phone while you’re driving．
Hang up already：
How to politely ask that loud cell-take to speak softly：
If you’re in a place that has a manager, ask him or her to do the dirty work．Otherwise, put on your sweetest smile, tap the offender(冒犯别人者)on the shoulder, and try one of these carefully worded lines：
“Would you please end your call? I can’t hear what they’re saying?”
(Try this when you’re watching movies and plays．)
“Excuse me, but you’re making it really hard for me to concentrate(专心)．”
(Good for museums, libraries, and places of worship．)
“Is it possible for you to speak a little more softly? I have a bad headache．”
(This will usually work just about anywhere．)
(1)
This passage is mainly about _________．
[ ]
A．
cell phone manners
B．
how to make phone calls
C．
where to make phone calls
D．
where you can use your cell phone and where not
(2)
The most proper place for you to chat freely on your cell phone is _________．
[ ]
A．
in a bar
B．
in a cinema
C．
at home
D．
in a waiting room
(3)
You are not supposed to chat on your cell phone _________．
[ ]
A．
while shopping
B．
while driving a car
C．
at work
D．
in a lift
(4)
The underlines phrase “the dirty work” in the passage probably refers to _________．
My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car．From the time I wa s a saver．My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week．I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura．In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural．The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get．I earned some of my money picking one crop or another．When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time．She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked．I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day．Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker．
In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away．She left me 100 share s of AT＆T．One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me＄240 per year in dividend s(利息)．That wa s huge for a kid my age．
By the time I wa s seventeen．I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted．Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car．I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”．I wa s so excited．
My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got．Thi s wa s not a bad thing．I learned self-reliance．Self-reliance i s equal to freedom．Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father．
(1)
Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of ＄1, 300?
[ ]
A．
Weekly allowance．
B．
Her earning s by picking crop s．
C．
Share s left by grandma．
D．
Money earned from selling share s．
(2)
The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________．
[ ]
A．
she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s
B．
enough money had been earned for her car
C．
the work wa s too hard for children like her
D．
she had no time to do that again for some rea son
(3)
We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________．
[ ]
A．
16
B．
17
C．
18
D．
19
(4)
The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________．
