12．Life is full of surprises．When I asked my daughter which item she would keep：the phone，the car，the cooker，the computer，the TV，or her boyfriend，she said‘‘（41）B Personally，I could do without the phone completely，which makes me （42）A'because the telephone is changing our lives more than（43）C invention．
The telephone creates the need to （44）D，in the same way that more roads create more （45）A My daughter comes home from school at 4：00p．m．and then（ 46）B an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day．If there was no phone，would she have anything to（ 47）A？
The mobile phone means that we are never （48）D．"The mobile saved my life，"says Crystal Johnstone．She had （49）B in her car on the highway between Otley and Skipton．Tra力如（被困）inside，she succeeded in making the call （50）D brought the ambulance （救护车）to save her．
The mobile removes our privacy （ 隐私）．It allows Carl Morgan，a marketing manager，（51）A his sales staff all around the world at any time of day to ask where they are，where they are going，and （52）C their last meeting went．
The telephone allows us to reach out beyond （超出…的范围）our own （53）B．Today we can talk to several complete strangers on chat lines at the same time （at least my daughter does．I wouldn't know what to talk about）．We can talk across the world．We can （54）D talk to astronauts （if you know any） while they （55）A in space．And，with the phone hooked up（连接）to the computer，we can surf the Internet，the biggest library on Earth．
| 41．A．the computer | B．the phone | C．the cooker | D．the car |
| 42．A．unusual | B．unlucky | C．uncomfortable | D．unhappy |
| 43．A．other | B．the other | C．any other | D．another |
| 44．A．speak | B．interview | C．explain | D．communicate |
| 45．A．traffic | B．station | C．pollution | D．business |
| 46．A．takes | B．spends | C．costs | D．pays |
| 47．A．talk with | B．think of | C．talk about | D．think about |
| 48．A．safe | B．free | C．bored | D．alone |
| 49．A．a dream | B．an accident | C．a headache | D．a sleep |
| 50．A．whose | B．when | C．who | D．that |
| 51．A．to call | B．to help | C．to notice | D．to care |
| 52．A．where | B．why | C．how | D．what |
| 53．A．life | B．lives | C．lifestyle | D．styles |
| 54．A．yet | B，ever | C．never | D．even |
| 55．A．are walking | B．walk | C．are surfing | D．surf |
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