“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict …”
With these words I began to ____1____ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ____2____, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ____3____ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially – a few calls each day. It seemed ____4____, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ____5____ got worse. Soon it was ____6____use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect my ____7____. During the day I would disappear for ____8____ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ____9____., in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ____10____ myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and ____11____ message to make sure ____12____ 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 ____13____. “Is it OK! If I just use the phone …?” At work, I became ____14____ when my fellow workers tried to ____15____ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss (with the phone). Finally the police caught me ____16____ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ____17____ to see a psychiatrist.
I haven’t ____18____ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ____19____ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ____20____ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
1. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice
2. A. now and then B. all the time C. at home D. at work
3. A. tried B. asked C. waited D. invited
4. A. polite B. important C. fine D. special
5. A. condition B. situation C. result D. effect
6. A. frequent B. regular C. unusual D. study
7. A. friends B. study C. family D. work
8. A. a quick B. a secret C. an expected D. an extra
9. A. hopeful B. delighted C. frightened D. anxious
10. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting
11. A. leaving B. taking C. passing D. recording
12. A. long B. immediate C. enough D. surprising
13. A. saying B. demands C. wish D. words
14. A. careful B. mad C. determined D. helpless
15. A. save B. reduce C. protect D. stop
16. A. destroying B. using C. stealing D. emptying
17. A. offered B. guided C. ordered D. reminded
18. A. missed B. had C. received D. fixed
19. A. as B. when C. if D. since
20. A. always B. just C. more D. different
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