More and more residences, businesses, and even government agencies are using telephone answering machines to take messages or gi

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问题     More and more residences, businesses, and even government agencies are using telephone answering machines to take messages or give information or instructions. Sometimes these machines give (1)_____ instructions, or play messages that are difficult to understand. If you (2)_____ telephone calls, you need to be ready to respond when you get a (3)_____
    The most common machine is the (4)_____ used in residence. If you call a home (5)_____ there is a telephone answering machine (6)_____ you will hear several rings and then a recorded message that (7)_____ says something like this: "Hello. We can’t come to the (8)_____ right now. If you want us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep." Then you will hear a "beep", (9)_____ is a brief, high-pitched (10)_____. After the beep, you can say who you are, whom you want to speak to, and what number the person should call to (11)_____ you, or you can leave a (12)_____. Some telephone answering machines record for only 20 or 30 seconds after the beep, (13)_____ you must respond quickly.
    Some large businesses and government agencies are using telephone answering machines to provide information on (14)_____ about which they receive a large volume of (15)_____. Generally speaking, using these systems (16)_____ you to have a touch-tone phone (a phone with buttons rather than a rotary dial). The voice on the machine will tell you to (17)_____ a certain button on your telephone if you want information on Topic A, another button for Topic B, and so on. You listen (18)_____ you hear the topic you want to learn about, and then you push the (19)_____ button. Immediately after making your (20)_____, you will hear a recorded message on the topic.


选项 A、push
B、pull
C、drag
D、toss

答案A

解析 语义衔接题。此处谈到如何使用按键式电话解答客户咨询。根据常识可知按键的动作应滚是按下,有往外推动的意思。此外,下一句中的push也给了提示,可以确定push是正确选项。pull意为"拉,拔",根据常识可知,电话按键不可能使用往外拔的动作;drag意为"拖,拖拽";toss意为"扔,投,掷"。
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