“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict

题目：

“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