“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 . 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.
36. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice
37. A. now and then B. all the time C. at home D. at work
38. A. tried B. asked C. waited D. invited
39. A. polite B. important C. fine D. special
40. A. condition B. situation C. result D. effect
41. A. frequent B. regular C. unusual D. particular
42. A. friends B. study C. family D. work
43. A. a quick B. a secret C. an expected D. an extra
44. A. hopeful B. delighted C. frightened D. anxious
45. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting
46. A. leaving B. taking C. passing D. recording
47. A. long B. immediate C. enough D. surprising
48. A. saying B. demands C. wish D. words
49. A. careful B. mad C. determined D. helpless
50. A. save B. reduce C. protect D. stop
51. A. destroying B. using C. stealing D. emptying
52. A. offered B. guided C. ordered D. reminded
53. A. missed B. had C. received D. fixed
54. A. as B. when C. if D. since
55. A. always B. just C. more D. different
36---55 ABDCA BCBDA CBDCD CABDC
36. A。前一句话的意思是：我是八年前最后见到这个人，后一句话的意思是我忘不了，由意思可知两句间是转折关系，所以选although（虽然）。
37. B。special强调与众不同的，particular强调同类事物中的不同属性，由紧接着的内容知文章主要讲的是他的与众不同之处。
38. D。下文主要讲的是他的敬业精神以及为教育做出的贡献，devotion to something “对……贡献……”，与下文相通。
39. C。believe in“相信”；insist on doing“坚持……”；talk about“谈论”；agree with“同意”，由他能够解释自己的观点，并能用各种方式证明，这就说明他能证明自己的观点，相信自己的观点是有道理的，由此选到C，agree with用于别人就同意自己的观点，排除。
40. A。由下文知，他利用油画、音乐、演讲等形象的事物来解释他抽象的观点，可见他的解释方式很丰富多彩，imaginative“富有想象力的”；ordinary“一般的”；opposite“相反的”；open“公开的”，A项与语境最符合。
41. B。他唱歌的目的是阐明观点，同样利用那些辅助的事物（油画、音乐……）也是为了阐明观点，帮助学生理解。
42. C。前面讲的辅助事物是外界的，唱歌是自身的才艺，方式更进一步，所以用even。
43. B。secondly“其次”,承接上文的firstly和下文的finally。
44. D。on the telephone="by" telephone通过电话。
45. A。由上下文可知这里主要讲的是他和学生打成一片，invite somebody to a game of chess“邀某人下棋”符合语境。
46. C。as a matter of face“实际”，later on“随后”，other times“其他的时间”，in general“大体；一般”，这里列举的是他和学生打成一片的另一个例子，用other times合语境。
47. B。根据冒号后解释的内容agriculture, diving and mathematics可知这里只提到了他们谈论的主题，所以选subject（题目，主题）。
48. D。选项中只有advice说得通，…for advice on their studies“求教一些学习的建议”。
49. C。文章先讲了敬佩他的敬业精神，再讲敬佩他严谨的教学态度，这里是讲被他的诙谐的幽默所吸引。
50. D。unless除非……，否则（不）……
51. C。师生共同分享……
52. A。loud laugh的意思是大声笑。
53. B。enjoyable=interesting“有趣的”。
54. D。It is true that S+V……是真的。
55. C。then（常用句首或句尾）“那么”。