1. “My name’s Jim Shelley and I am an addict (有瘾的人) …”
With these words I began to
the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people
, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I
to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially—a few calls each day. It seemed
, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the
got worse. Soon it was
use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect my
. During the day I would disappear for
call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more
, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else,
myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and
messages to make sure
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
“Is it OK if I just use the phone…?” At work, I became
when my fellow workers tried to
me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss (with the phone). Finally the police caught me
a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was
to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t
a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days
I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are
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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