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ll 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__ messages 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. particular 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. frightene