Question

“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有癮的人)…”

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(影響) 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(心理醫生).

    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.

1.A. face           B. find         C. accept      D. notice

2.A. now and then  B. all the time     C. at home      D. at work

3. A. tried             B. asked        C. waited       D. invited

4.A. polite             B. important    C. fine             D. special

5.A. condition          B. situation        C. result           D. effect

6.A. frequent           B. regular     C. unusual      D. particular

7.A. friends            B. study        C. family       D. work

8.A. a quick            B. a secret    C. an expected  D. an extra

9.A. hopeful            B. delighted   C. frightened   D. anxious

10. A. forcing          B. telling     C. giving       D. limiting

11.A. leaving           B. taking       C. passing      D. recording

12.A. long          B. immediate    C. enough       D. surprising

13. A. saying           B. demands      C. wish         D. words

14.A. careful           B. mad          C. determined  D. helpless

15.A. save              B. reduce       C. protect     D. stop

16.A. destroying       B. using        C. stealing     D. emptying

17.A. offered           B. guided       C. ordered          D. reminded

18. A. missed           B. had          C. received    D. fixed

19.A. as            B. when         C. if           D. since

20.A. always            B. just         C. more        D. different

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】略