阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
Thirty years ago, communication wasn’t so convenient. And my grandparents wrote letters to their friends and __________（亲戚）. They wrote to each __________ because Grandpa worked in the city and Grandma lived in the country. It __________（花费）about one week to deliver a letter. When Grandma asked questions in her letter, she had to wait more than two weeks to get the answers! If they had anything u______         and to deliver immediately, they had to send telegrams.
The telephone became popular in the early 1990s. But not until 1998 did my dad’s family h_________          a telephone. Although it was much f         than writing letters, it was still inconvenient. Once Dad arrived home late because he helped a granny __________ his way. My grandparents were very worried because they couldn’t get in           with him. Then my dad bought his first mobile phone in 2002.
My favorite communication tool is the mobile phone. I have used it since my sixteenth birthday. My parents and friends can find me w         I am. It’s very convenient, but at the same time it is easy to get bothered, especially when I want to stay alone. Sometimes I have headaches after ______（谈话）on the mobile phone for a long time.