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| Cindy Green had a serious telephone problem. The brand-new $100 million Ribrock Plaza Hotel opened nearby and had 1 almost the same telephone number as Cindy's. From the moment the hotel opened, Cindy was 2 by calls not for her. Since she had the same phone number for years, she felt that she should 3 the hotel management to change its number. 4 , the management refused. The phone company was not 5 , either. It argued that a number was a number, and the fact that a customer was getting someone else's 6 twenty-four hours a day didn't make it 7 . After her request fell on deaf ears, Cindy decided to take 8 into her own hands. At 9 o'clock the phone rang. Someone from Memphis was calling the hotel and 9 a room for the following Tuesday. Cindy said, "No 10 . How many nights?" A few hours later a secretary called and said that she wanted a suite (套房) 11 two bedrooms for a week. Cindy replied that the Presidential Suite was 12 for $600 a night. The secretary said that she would 13 it. The next day was a 14 one for Cindy. In the morning, she booked a car producer's conference for Memorial Day weekend. Her biggest 15 came in the afternoon-a mother called to book the ballroom for her daughter's wedding in June. Cindy hesitated for a while, but still 16 the woman that it would be no problem. Within a few months, the Ribrock Plaza Hotel was a disaster area. People kept 17 for weddings, reunions (聚会) and parties, and were all 18 that there were no such events. Soon after, she read in a 19 that the hotel might go bankrupt (破产).Her phone rang, and a manager from Marriott said, "We're prepared to 20 you $2 million for the hotel." Cindy replied, "We'll take it, but only if you change the telephone number." | |||
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D. dialed D. frightened D. persuade D. Curiously D. helpful D. numbers D. shameful D. requests D. waited for D. doubt D. with D. affordable D. register D. busy D. business D. comforted D. turning back D. discouraged D. newspaper D. award |