高二英语下(Unit3 综合能力训练)

教师辅导讲义

bothered while taking a call.

Researchers have based their finding on a survey of 2,000 phone users in Britain, a third of young people aged 18 to 24 admitted answering their cell phones with greetings such as "hi", "yo" or "what's up" instead of "hello".

According to the researchers, the greeting "hello" has been around nearly as long as the telephone itself.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, he answered it with the greeting "Ahoy-hoy" that was used as a greeting on ship radios at the time. However, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison did not like it and invented "hello" which was recorded in the dictionary in 1883.

But, nearly a third of the respondents, including adults, said their phone answering habits had become less formal and more casual over the past decade, with only one in twenty adopting a more formal phone answering style.

Many of those who use a less formal greeting said it was due to the increase in ways they can communicate, with text messages, mobile phones and emails, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported.

Scottish people are most likely to greet callers by name when answering their mobile phones, with 28 percent checking who is calling them in order to personalize their greetings, it revealed.

Stewart Fox-Mills, the Head of Telephony at the Post Office (英国邮局电信), which commissioned the survey, said, "It's fascinating to see how the public's relationship with the telephone has changed and how, despite range of communication technologies available, it still has such a critical role."

1.The greeting "hello" has been existed since_____________ .

A. 1876

B. 1867

C. 1883

D. 1838

2.Scottish people are most likely to greet callers by _____________ w hen answering their mobile phones.

A. formal words

B. checking who is calling

C. calling names

D. saying "what's up"

3.Stewart Fox-Mills aimed to ___________ .

A.show the increasing ways of communication

B.show the importance of the post office

C.show the relationship between the public and the telephone

D.show the importance of the telephone

(B) Cathy's Bookstore

Although it is not a big shop, Cathy's bookstore has a strong speciality in the range and quality in imported children's books which are great for younger readers. You can see a lot of creative books such as pop-up books, books with sound and cloth books. The comfortable seats and nice staff make it a perfect place for kids to hang out. Guides for pregnancy are available too. Blue Goat Bookstore and Cafe

The walls of this tiny store are plastered with movie posters and the shelves are filled with quality film art books. They also have a good range of hard-to-find Chinese movies. The cafe offers great traditional American coffee. It's enjoyable to read a good book while enjoying a cup of American Standard. The Book Mark

The Book Mark offers a wide range of books for the whole family, in Chinese, English and other languages, including a sizable selection of children's literature. Children can enjoy regular book club gatherings and a weekly thematic story hour with integrated art activities. A family membership (RMB 400) gets you and your crew the chance to borrow five books for up to two weeks at a time. The Bookworm

The Bookworm has an amazing selection of English language books and magazines in town and is often cheaper than Amazon (a famous shopping site). The shop owner arranges a fabulous lecture series that features both local and international