Question

You can use your Business Tele-card (电话卡) International at any card phone in the United Kingdom. Here is some information about making international phone calls.

You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call big cities. When you can’t make direct dialing calls, you can ask the international operator to help you. This is more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else in this case you should ask for a “person-to-person” call. Even more expensive is a reverse (反向的) charge call where the person who receives the call pays.

If the international line is busy, you can reserve (回机) a call, explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free.

You can save money by calling outside office hours, for example, early in the morning, late at night, and on Sundays.

Remember that the time may be different in the country you are calling. International time is based on GMT(Greenwich Mean Time).London is on GMT and Moscow, for example, is 3 hours ahead.

There is one problem: change to DST(Daylight Saving Time)for the summer. In the UK, clocks are put forward one hour in the spring and put back in the autumn, and so London is one hour ahead of GMT in the summer.

1.What is the most expensive type of call?

A. Direct dial.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.Through the operator.

C.Reverse charge call.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.Calling outside office hours.

2.What can you do if the international line is engaged (占线)?

A. Ask the operator to call you back later.

B.Make a “person-to-person” call.

C.Call back outside office hours.

D.Wait and call again when the line is free.

3.When is it cheaper to make an international call?

A.10 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.5 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　   C.11 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　 D.8 a.m.

4.How many hours is Moscow ahead of London during the summer?

A.2.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.3.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.4.　　　　　　　　　　  D.5.

5.If you want to use your Business Tele-card International, you have to ______.

A. use a card phone　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.phone on Sunday

C.make a direct dialing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.pay extra

 

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;A;A
解析：

1、此题考查细节事实。打越洋电话时，最贵的莫过于“反向收费”型，因为这时接电话的一方需支付费用。 2、If the international line is busy, you can reserve (回机) a call, explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free. 根据这句お可知本题的答案。 3、此题考查细节推理。根据通讯规则，每天凌晨或深夜时的话费最低，故如想省钱，用户最好早上5：00打电话。 4、此题考查推理计算能力。根据地理知识，伦敦和莫斯科时间相差三个小时，当伦敦实行夏令时，即时间向前拨一小时的时候，莫斯科的时间不随之变化，故夏季时，莫斯科的时间应比伦敦靠前2小时。 5、此题考查细节事实。根据国际商务通讯原则，使用该卡时，应用相应的电话机。

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