I was getting ready for bed when the telephon...

I was getting ready for bed when the telephone rang unexpectedly. My mind quickly ran ______ the list　　 of family members, but the voice on the other end of the line was only ______ familiar. “Lindy, this is Leslie,” she said. I didn’t know Leslie very well, so I was a little ______ that she would be calling me at 11:00 pm. I　　 was afraid that it　 would be something really ______ to cause her to reach out to someone she ______ knew.　 However, she asked me a most ______ question. “Do you have　 any room for a turkey in　 your freezer?” she　 asked. “Sure,” I responded, feeling quite confused. My family was at the bottom of our food supply. “I will ______ when I get to your house,” Leslie replied.

We　 quickly ______ blue jeans　 from　 our nightclothes　 and　 prepared to　 meet　 her　 outside ______ the　 doorbell wouldn’t wake up our four children. Leslie and her husband came in a huge freezer truck. She explained that her husband serviced a small grocery store that had just lost its lease（ 租 约 ）. They had to ______ all　 the freezers　 before midnight. She thought　 it was a ______ to just　 throw all this food away so　 she began to go through her list of ______, dropping off food to anyone who she thought might be ______ to take　 it. Ours was the last place they planned to stop and anything left would have to be______

Still not fully ______ what had just occurred, I asked her, “When will you be coming back for all this?”　 Leslie　 replied, “It　 is　 yours! We　 have　 been ______ food since 5:00 pm　 and have ______ our list　 of contacts. Thanks a lot for helping us out.”

Leslie had no idea that we ______ to buy groceries. By the time the freezer food finally ______, buying　 groceries was no longer a problem. I admit that I’m still afraid of late night calls, assuming the worst, ______ then I remember that summer night when an acquaintance called me to send me turkeys.

1.A. into　　 B. across　　 C. through　　 D. after

2.A. vaguely　　 B. definitely　　 C. reasonably　　 D. hopefully

3.A. thrilled　　 B. embarrassed　　 C. surprised　　 D. annoyed

4.A. creative　　 B. impressive　　 C. complex　　 D. awful

5.A. normally　　 B. barely　　 C. precisely　　 D. frequently

6.A. strange　　 B. authentic　　 C. fascinating　　 D. tough

7.A. pause　　 B. explain　　 C. appreciate　　 D. negotiate

8.A. hunted for　　 B. put aside　　 C. changed into　　 D. took out

9.A. in that　　 B. as if　　 C. in case　　 D. so that

10.A. empty　　 B. replace　　 C. fix　　 D. remove

11.A. success　　 B. shame　　 C. chance　　 D. duty

12.A. merchants　　 B. rescuers　　 C. contacts　　 D. clients

13.A. considerate　　 B. generous　　 C. willing　　 D. conscious

14.A. deleted　　 B. leaked　　 C. swapped　　 D. dumped

15.A. describing　　 B. understanding　　 C. predicting　　 D. observing

16.A. submitting　　 B. fetching　　 C. consuming　　 D. delivering

17.A. packed　　 B. exhausted　　 C. refreshed　　 D. concluded

18.A. struggled　　 B. managed　　 C. decided　　 D. tended

19.A. ran out　　 B. went off　　 C. broke down　　 D. caught on

20.A. for　　 B. or　　 C. and　　 D. but

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It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.

The woman was her mother’s neighbour. Flora Harris had made the neighbour swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her daughter would worry. The neighbour wisely decided to disobey orders.

Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington, D.C, and her mother lives in California.

For the past year a half, Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.

Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried, not to mention extremely busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.

In some ways, Harris is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.

“ But it’s still tough,” she said. “ I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. My father’s going to need diapers (尿布). There will come a time when he won’ t recognize me and he’s easily excited. I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”

So what do you do when you live a continent away for your aging, sick parents? There are no magic answers. You can hire someone to help, but you can’t outsource it completely.

1.Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?

A. She failed to take care of Flora.

B. She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight.

C. She couldn’t go to hospital on time.

D. She told Harris about her mother’s illness.

2.What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?

A. She thinks it harder to look after her parents the next few years.

B. He parents cannot take themselves at all.

C. She cannot do a demanding job.

D. She cannot afford to go to California often.

3.What does the underlined word “ outsource” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Arrange somebody outside to do a job.

B. Work something out by oneself.

C. Speak something out for help.

D. Understand something.

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Aging people in the USA are increasing.

B. The rate of heart disease is high in America.

C. It is difficult to tend aging parents from afar.

D. Harris advises on tending aging parents from afar.

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I _____ to bed when the telephone rang.

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28.When the telephone rang, I happened________in the kitchen, but when I came over to get it, it

rang off.

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We were on the point of discussing financial investment_____ the telephone rang unexpectedly.

A. while                 B. when                 C. as               D. once

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I was sleeping when the telephone rang again.It was the third time that I ________ that night.

A．have been interrupted　                 B．had been interrupted

C．interrupted　                         D．had interrupted

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.He was about to leave ______the telephone rang; ______was from his mother.

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Dr. Amanda Harris was ready for sleep since it was already 11 pm. The phone rang. On the other end of the line was a woman about to break a promise. The woman was her mother’s neighbor. Flora Harris had made the neighbor swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d had a heart attack and was in hospital. The neighbor wisely decided to disobey orders.

Amanda desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington D. C., and her mother lives in California. For the past year and a half, Amanda has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.

Amanda is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried and guilty, not to mention busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.

In some ways, Amanda is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, she is a doctor who treats the elderly. She’s treated countless patients whose children live far away.

“But it’s still tough,” she says. “I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. There will come a time when my father won’t recognize me and I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”

So what do you do when you live a continent away from your aging, sick parents? You can hire someone to help, but you can’t count on it completely.

1.Why is Amanda worried and guilty?

A. She is tired of taking care of her husband.

B. She cannot afford to go to California often.

C. She cannot take good care of her aging parents.

D. She has heart disease and cannot do a demanding job.

2.The author considers Amanda lucky because ________.

A. her parents are well cared by a caregiver

B. she has experience of treating the elderly

C. her parents are not very old

D. she has a lot of free time

3.What’s one of the symptoms of a person with Alzheimer’s disease?

A. Having no sense of pain.

B. Having heart attacks often.

C. Always feeling worried and guilty.

D. Being unable to recognize relatives.

4.The writer writes this passage in order to _________.

A. stress the importance of tending aging parents

B. give some advice on tending aging parents from afar

C. introduce the current situation of aging parents in the USA

D. show the difficulty of tending aging parents living far away

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Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new mobile at full price.

A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phone than men.

Fortunately, there’s a solution.

The first step is to figure out if you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of a problem is that you can’t conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.

Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That’s another sign of a problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.

Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone.

Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co-founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a website and see the phone’s location.

He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company’s description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety：“60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”

1.Why does the author mention Kelly’s experience in the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic for discussion.

B. To inform us that mobile phones are useful.

C. To warn us that we should be careful.

D. To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip.

2.The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means “     ” .

A. habits of using mobile phones

B. fear of losing mobile phones

C. eagerness for new mobile phones

D. independence of mobile phones

3.Which of the following is a way to treat nomophobia?

A. Avoiding using a phone for some time

B. Learning more about modern technology

C. Protecting one’s phone against any damage

D. Not using a mobile phone in one’s daily work

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Attitude toward mobile phones

B. New mobile phone technology

C. Disadvantages of mobile phones

D. Solutions to nomophobia

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Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new mobile at full price.

A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phone than men.

Fortunately, there’s a solution.

The first step is to figure out if you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of a problem is that you can’t conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.

Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That’s another sign of a problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.

Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone.

Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co-founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a website and see the phone’s location.

He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company’s description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety：“60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”

1.Why does the author mention Kelly’s experience in the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic for discussion.

B. To inform us that mobile phones are useful.

C. To warn us that we should be careful.

D. To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip.

2.The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means “     ” .

A. habits of using mobile phones

B. fear of losing mobile phones

C. eagerness for new mobile phones

D. independence of mobile phones

3. Which of the following is a way to treat nomophobia?

A. Avoiding using a phone for some time

B. Learning more about modern technology

C. Protecting one’s phone against any damage

D. Not using a mobile phone in one’s daily work

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Attitude toward mobile phones

B. New mobile phone technology

C. Disadvantages of mobile phones

D. Solutions to nomophobia

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