1、“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有瘾的人)…”
With these words I began to 36 the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people 37 , from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I 38 to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially ― a few calls each day. It seemed 39 , just a quick chat. Gradually though, the 40 got worse. Soon it was 41 use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect(影响) my 42 . During the day I would disappear for 43 call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more 44 , in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, 45 myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and 46 messages to make sure 47 calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends’ homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the 48 “Is it OK if I just use the phone…?” At work, I became 49 when my fellow workers tried to 50 me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss (with the phone). Finally, the police caught me 51 a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was 52 to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t 53 a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days 54 I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are 55 people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
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36.A. face |
B. find |
C. accept |
D. notice |
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37.A. now and then |
B. all the time |
C. at home |
D. at work |
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38.A. tried |
B. asked |
C. waited |
D. invited |
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39.A. polite |
B. important |
C. fine |
D. special |
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40.A. condition |
B. situation |
C. result |
D. effect |
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41.A. frequent |
B. regular |
C. unusual |
D. particular |
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42.A. friends |
B. study |
C. family |
D. work |
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43.A. a quick |
B. a secret |
C. an expected |
D. an extra |
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44.A. hopeful |
B. delighted |
C. frightened |
D. anxious |
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45.A. forcing |
B. telling |
C. giving |
D. limiting |
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46.A. leaving |
B. taking |
C. passing |
D. recording |
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47.A. long |
B. immediate |
C. enough |
D. surprising |
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48.A. saying |
B. demands |
C. wish |
D. words |
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49.A. careful |
B. mad |
C. determined |
D. helpless |
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50.A. save |
B. reduce |
C. protect |
D. stop |
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51.A. destroying |
B. using |
C. stealing |
D. emptying |
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52.A. offered |
B. guided |
C. ordered |
D. reminded |
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53.A. missed |
B. had |
C. received |
D. fixed |
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54.A. as |
B. when |
C. if |
D. since |
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55.A. always |
B. just |
C. more |
D. different |