Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often miss the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be patient in waiting. Destiny(命運) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an eternal regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for(因…受煎熬) followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to seize the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.
Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.
Love is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number. By the time you've calmed down, you will beat a loss to whom you should make the call.
Love is a telephone which often has crossed lines. And this usually happens to you unexpectedly. Your time will either cross or be crossed. Both cases are referred to as "triangle". Fortunately, all such occurrences are transient(轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的).
【小題1】What is the best title of the passage?

A.Love is transient
B.Love is permanent
C.Love is a telephone
D.What’s love in life
【小題2】Which statement has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?  
A."all shall be well,Jack shall have Jill!埃ㄓ星槿私K成眷屬)
B.A lifelong love is not only romantic but also practical
C.Love is all we have in life
D.Beauty is in the eyes of beholder
【小題3】Which is the synonym with the underlined word ”doom”?
A.monument B.final end C.key point D.substitute
【小題4】In which part can this passage probably be found ?
A.a(chǎn)dvertisement B.financial C.emotion D.lottery


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析:文章把愛比作電話,闡述了愛的真諦。
【小題1】主旨題:每一段中都含有Love is a telephone,所以Love is a telephone是文章最好的題目。故選C。
【小題2】猜詞題:根據(jù)Destiny(命運) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.可知劃線句子意思是永生不渝的愛不僅浪漫,而且實際,故選B。
【小題3】猜詞題: 根據(jù)Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.可猜出”doom”意思是結(jié)局,故選B。
【小題4】推理題:這篇文章主要談?wù)摿藧圻@一話題,故這篇文章最可能出現(xiàn)在情感版塊。故選C。
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