“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.
A.face B.find C.accept D.notice
A.now and then B.all the time C.at home D.at work
A.tried B.asked C.waited D.invited
A.polite B.important C.fine D.special
A.condition B.situation C.result D.effect
A.frequent B.regular C.unusual D.particular
A.friends B.study C.family D.work
A.a quick B.a secret C.an expected D.an extra
A.hopeful B.delighted C.frightened D.anxious
A.forcing B.telling C.giving D.limiting
A.leaving B.taking C.passing D.recording
A.long B.immediate C.enough D.surprising
A.saying B.demands C.wish D.words
A.careful B.mad C.determined D.helpless
A.save B.reduce C.protect D.stop
A.destroying B.using C.stealing D.emptying
A.offered B.guided C.ordered D.reminded
A.missed B.had C.received D.fixed
A.as B.when C.if D.since
A.always B.just C.more D.different