Almost everyone around us uses a phone. Phones provide a simple and efficient way to conduct work or___1___ with social arrangements from day to day. Several times in the course of a work day, you may be___2___by your workmates, students or friends by means of phone. If you want a/an ___3___ with your department head, you will___4___ call him and arrange a time with him. If you are unable to ___5___ your appointment, or if you find you have to be ___6___ for it, you will phone and change the ___7___. In this way, no one ___8___ time waiting for someone who is not coming. If you want to buy something, you will “let your ___9___ do the walking”. That is, you call ahead to make sure the store has what you ___10___. If it is an expensive item, you might call several stores to ___11___ prices so that you can buy the cheapest one. If you want to ___12___ a train or plane, after finding out the prices, you can call to ___13___ the ticket; if you want to shop for clothes after work, you might call to ask how ___14___ the store is open before you travel all the way there.
Phones are easily ___15___. In streets, you can see public phones in which you feed coins to make a call. Phones have ___16___ answering services; if you are not at home or in the office, or don’t wish to be ___17___, you switch on a machine, which will answer the call for you. A pre-recorded message will say to the ___18___, “I’m sorry, I’m not available at the moment. Please leave your name and number and I will call you ___19___ as soon as possible.” It’s more efficient to ___20___ one’s name and number than to waste their time calling again and again.
1. A. deal B. communicate C. share D. talk
2. A. suggested B. reminded C. connected D. ignored
3. A. prize B. promise C. deal D. appointment
4. A. never B. usually C. seldom D. frequently
5. A. keep B. make C. break D. take
6. A. intended B. prepared C. late D. ready
7. A. mind B. place C. plan D. idea
8. A. arranges B. takes C. kills D. wastes
9. A. feet B. finger C. head D. legs
10. A. need B. hate C. have D. think
11. A. pay B. cut C. raise D. compare
12. A. make B. take C. miss D. get
13. A. choose B. offer C. book D. ask
14. A. late B. fast C. soon D. early
15. A. suitable B. usable C. enjoyable D. available
16. A. proper B. automatic C. artificial D. free
17. A. noticed B. upset C. disturbed D. worried
18. A. seller B. visitor C. speaker D. caller
19. A. on B. back C. up D. at
20. A. leave B. sign C. remember D. write
