“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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