“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.
小题1: | A.face | B.find | C.accept | D.notice |
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小题2: | A.now and then | B.all the time | C.at home | D.at work |
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小题3: | A.tried | B.asked | C.waited | D.invited |
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小题4: | A.polite | B.important | C.fine | D.special |
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小题5: | A.condition | B.situation | C.result | D.effect |
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小题6: | A.frequent | B.regular | C.unusual | D.particular |
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小题7: | A.friends | B.study | C.family | D.work |
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小题8: | A.a quick | B.a secret | C.an expected | D.an extra |
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小题9: | A.hopeful | B.delighted | C.frightened | D.anxious |
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小题10: | A.forcing | B.telling | C.giving | D.limiting |
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小题11: | A.leaving | B.taking | C.passing | D.recording |
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小题12: | A.long | B.immediate | C.enough | D.surprising |
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小题13: | A.saying | B.demands | C.wish | D.words |
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小题14: | A.careful | B.mad | C.determined | D.helpless |
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小题15: | A.save | B.reduce | C.protect | D.stop |
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小题16: | A.destroying | B.using | C.stealing | D.emptying |
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小题17: | A.offered | B.guided | C.ordered | D.reminded |
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小题18: | A.missed | B.had | C.received | D.fixed |
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小题20: | A.always | B.just | C.more | D.different |
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