首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
Many people think a telephone is essential. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to esc
Many people think a telephone is essential. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to esc
admin
2016-01-01
84
问题
Many people think a telephone is essential. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to escape from some idle chatter-box(唠叨的人), or from somebody who wants something for nothing. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself, "Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years time?"You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you ever rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or pushed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number?
But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone book, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn’t it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergency—illness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity.
I think perhaps I had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different circumstances—If I were a tycoon(实业界巨头), for instance, or bedridden(病卧在床)I might find a telephone essential. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car essential. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular interest: one is mechanical invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them. For I have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.
Who, according to the author, is strong-minded enough to ignore a phone call?
选项
A、The author himself.
B、A tycoon.
C、A taxi-driver.
D、Almost none.
答案
D
解析
第一段六,七两行是第一线索。文章最后表明作者本人也打算用电话了。由此可知。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1STC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
Eachofthepeoplewho______comingtotheparty_____tobringapresent.
Apioneeringstudyintotheeffectsofamother’sfatintakeduringpregnancyonherchild’shealthwhenheorshegrowsupisb
Isitpossibletopersuademankindtolivewithoutwar?Warisanancientinstitution(习俗,机制)whichhas【B1】______foratleasts
Ourshippassed_____thefamousNanjingChangjiangRiverBridgethismorning.
TheAmericanpatentsystem,providedforintheConstitution,wasdesignedtoencouragethecreationanduseofnewtechnology.
TheUnitedStatesisknownasacountryofwealth.However,itisalsoacountrywithagreatdealofcrime.Anditisn’tgettin
Iwantanassistantwith_____knowledgeofFrenchand_____experienceofofficeroutine.
Manystudentsfindtheexperienceofattendinguniversitylecturestobeaconfusingandfrustratingexperience.Thelecturersp
IntheUnitedStates,thefirstdaynursery,wasopenedin1854.Nurserieswereestablishedinvariousareasduringthe【C1】_____
WithWhatDoYouBuyYourMoney?(10)Twoyearsago,IgavemyyearlytalkbeforetheAppliedPhilosophyInstituteinSunnyva
随机试题
基础教育课程改革要求实行国家、地方、学校三级课程管理。()
发展先进文化的重要内容和中心环节是
乳腺良性钙化的X线特点为
贝克勒尔首先发现了天然放射现象,如今原子核的放射性在众多领域中有着广泛应用,下列属于放射性衰变的是()。
古诗中某些句子因为蕴含哲理而被后人反复引用,如“会当凌绝顶,一览众山小”,教师安排学生汇编这类诗句。下列不适合的是()。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
“APEC蓝、青奥蓝、春节蓝”,由于雾霾,“蓝”更显可贵。2013年9月,国务院颁布大气污染防治行动计划。一年多来,这个行动计划成为各地各部门防治大气污染的共同行动指南。APEC会议期间,北京、天津、河北、山西、内蒙古、山东、河南等省区
下列历史事件时间排序正确的一组是()。
若P、V操作的信号量S初值为2,当前值为-1,则表示有(31)等待进程。如果有三个进程共享同一互斥段,而且每次最多允许两个进程进入该互斥段,则信号量的初值应设置为(32)。
LanguageDespitethefactthatmanydefinitionsoflanguagehavebeenproposed,succinctdefinitionsoflanguageusuallybringv
最新回复
(
0
)