[填空题]Using a public telephone may well be one of (1) of life, demanding patience, determination and (2) , together on occasion with considerable unpopularity.
The hopeful caller (shall we call him George )waits till six o’clock in the evening to (3) the so-called ’cheap rates’ for (4) . The telephone box, with two broken panes of glass in the side, stands (5) two main roads with buses, lorries and cars roaring past. It is pouring with rain as George joins a queue of four depressed-looking people. Time passes slowly and seems to come to (6) while the person immediately before George carries on an endless conversation, pausing (7) another coin every minute or so.
Eventually the receiver is replaced and the caller leaves the box. George enters and picks up one of the directories inside, (8) that someone unknown has tom out the very page he needs. Nothing for it but to dial Directory Enquiries, (9)

[单项选择]Using a public telephone may well be one of the minor irritations of life, demanding patience, determination and a strong possibility of failure, together on occasion with considerable unpopularity.
The hopeful caller (shall we call him George ) waits till six o’clock in the evening to take advantage of the so-called "cheap rates" for a long-distance call. The telephone box, with two broken panes of glass in the side, stands at the junction of two main roads with buses, lorries and cars roaring past. It is pouring with rain as George joins a queue of four depressed-looking people. Time passes slowly and seems to come to a standstill while the person immediately before George carries on an endless conversation, pausing only to insert another coin every minute or so.
Eventually the receiver is replaced and the caller leaves the box. George enters and picks up one of the directories inside, only to discover that someone unknown has torn out the very page he needs. Nothing fo
A. instructions about how to use a public call box
B. advice about how to deal with public telephone problems
C. criticism of the efficiency of telephone system
D. an account of possible annoyances in using a public telephone

[填空题]Using a public telephone may well be one of (1) of life, demanding patience, determination and (2) , together on occasion with considerable unpopularity.
The hopeful caller (shall we call him George )waits till six o’clock in the evening to (3) the so-called ’cheap rates’ for (4) . The telephone box, with two broken panes of glass in the side, stands (5) two main roads with buses, lorries and cars roaring past. It is pouring with rain as George joins a queue of four depressed-looking people. Time passes slowly and seems to come to (6) while the person immediately before George carries on an endless conversation, pausing (7) another coin every minute or so.
Eventually the receiver is replaced and the caller leaves the box. George enters and picks up one of the directories inside, (8) that someone unknown has tom out the very page he needs. Nothing for it but to dial Directory Enquiries, (9)