“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.
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
--Do remember to charge the battery for 12 hours when you first use it.
--- ________.
A. Thank you, I remember. B. What for?
C. Up to you. D. Got it.
We’d be very grateful if you could join us because your cooperation will _____ the timely completion of our project.
A. reach for B. make for C. go for D. stand for
My mobile phone disappeared. Where _____ I have left it?
A. may B. must C. could D. should
Tens of thousands of trees ______ along the Changjiang River in the past few years to prevent the soil from being washed away.
A. have been planted B. were planted
C. have planted D. had planted
______the news, so far, has been good, there may be bad days ahead.
A. when B. while C. If D. Since
