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
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. A
