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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Phone books have white, blue and yellow pages. The white pages list people with phones by last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, government services, and public schools. Business and professional (行业的) services are listed in a special directory—the Yellow Pages.

　　The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, New York City has one code area, but so does the whole state of Oregon. There is an area code of map of the US and Canada in the front of the white pages.

　　Pay have numbers in the US. This means you can call a friend at a phone booth (电话亭). Or if you are making a long distance call and run out of money, give the number on your phone to the person you're talking to, then hang up the receiver and they can call you back.

　　If you make a long distance call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happens. This means that you can make the call again to the right number without having to pay more money; or you can have the phone company mail you a credit coupon that has the same value as the phone call.

　　Some companies advertise a service called WATS. You can dial a special number without a long distance charge. These are celled“toll-free numbers”and the area code for all of them is 800. WATS means Wide Areas Telephone Service.

1．In the yellow pages, you can find a list of ________.

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A．public schools

B．city services.

C．people with phones

D．professional services

2．You can find an area code map ________.

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A．in the white pages

B．in the blue pages

C．in the yellow pages

D．in all the pages mentioned above

3．If you run out of money when making a long distance call, ________.

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A．you can tell your telephone number to the one on the phone and wait to be called back

B．you can tell the one on the phone your number and hold on, waiting to be called back

C．you must hang up and stop making any calls

D．you have to run out and borrow some money

4．A credit coupon ________.

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A．is used to buy a phone

B．has the same value as the phone call

C．has no value at all

D．has more value than the phone call

5．The underlined part“toll-free numbers”means ________.

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A．an area code

B．a phone service

C．a free long distance call

D．WATS

Answer 1

答案：D;A;A;B;D
解析：

1．D　　导解：从短文第一段可知白、蓝、黄三种颜色页码的内容，黄色页码上是商业服务号码。 　　2．A　　导解：在第二段作者提到在白色页码前有美加两国的地方编码图，其他地方均未提及，因此选A． 　　3．A　　导解：第三段中提到如果打长途电话时手上没钱，可以将你的电话号码告诉对方，挂上电话，等对方打给你。 　　4．B　　导解：从文中可知a credit coupon是邮局寄给你的与所打电话费用等值的卡片。 　　5．D　　导解：关于toll-free numbers，文中提到“特别号码”，“不收长途费”，“800”，“被称为WATS”，因此选D．