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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 (21) ______ (shall we call him George?) waits till six o´ clock in the evening to take (22) ______ 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 (23)______ of two main roads with bu-ses, lorries and cars roaring past. It is pouring with rain as George (24) ______a queue of four depressed-looking people. Time passes slowly and.seems to come to a standstill (25) ______the person immediately before George (26)______on an endless conversation, pausing only to in-sert another coin every minute or so.
Eventually the receiver is replaced and the caller leaves the (27)______ . George enters and picks up one of the directories inside, only t~ discover that someone unknown has tom out the(28)______ page he needs. Nothing for it but to dial Directory Enquiries. He waits patiently for a reply (while someone outside (29) ______repeatedly on the door) and finally notes down the number given.
At last George can go (30) ______with his call. Just as he is starting to dial, however, the door opens and an unpleasant-looking face peers in with the demand "can´ t you hurry up?".
(31) ______such barbarity, George continues to dial and his unwanted companion withdraws.
At last he hears the burr-burr of the ringing (32)______, immediately followed by rapid pips demanding his money, but he is now so upset that he knocks down the coins he has placed ready on the top of the box. Having at last located them, he dials again the pips are repeated and he hast-ily inserts the coins. A cold voice (33)______ him, "Grand Hotel, Chaffont Well. " "I´ ve an urgent message for a Mr. Smith who is a guest in your hotel. Could you put me through to him?
I´ m afraid I don´ t know his room number. "
The response appears less than enthusiastic and a long silence (34)______. George inserts more coins. Then the voice informs him, "I´ ve been trying to locate Mr. Smith but the hall porter reports having seen him leave about a minute ago. "
Breathing heavily, George (35)______ the receiver, just as the knocking on the door starts again.
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解析:参考译文
使用公用电话很可能是生活中令人恼火的小事之一，它需要耐心和果断，极有可能失败，偶尔还会很不得人心。
一个满怀希望的打电话者(我们叫他乔治好吗?)等到晚上6点就为了使用所谓的“低价格”打一个长途电话。这个电话亭位于两条主干道的交汇处，道路上有不少公共汽车、货车和小汽车呼啸而过，电话亭里面的玻璃窗格有两个破损了。乔治排在队末，他前面四个人表情沮丧，天正下着大雨。时间过得很慢，似乎停滞不前。紧挨乔治前面的人进行着无休止的对话，只在约每分钟再次投币时才暂停一下。
终于听筒放回了原处，打电话者离开了电话亭。乔治走进去，拿起里面的一本电话目录，结果却发现不知谁恰恰撕掉了他需要的那一页。只能拔电话号码查询台。乔治耐心地等待回答(这时，外面的人不停地敲门)，然后记下电话号码。
最后乔治得以继续他的电话。然而，正当他开始拨号的时候，门开了，一张表情不悦的脸窥探进来并命令道：“你不能快点儿吗?”乔治无视这种残忍的行为，继续拨号，他讨厌的同伴退了出去。最终他听到了嘀、嘀的声音。这是要他付钱，可是他现在太心烦了，把放在电话盒顶上的准备好的硬币碰掉了。找到那些硬币后，他重新拨号，信号声又响了他急忙投入硬币。一个冷冷的声音告诉他：“格兰特饭店，查尔芬特·威尔士。”“我有一个紧急消息要告诉你们饭店的客人史密斯先生。你能帮我接通他吗?我恐怕不知道他的房间号。”
回答似乎不热情，接着是长长的寂静。乔治投入了更多硬币。然后，那个声音告诉他：“我已经试着找了史密斯先生，但是门房的人说大约1分钟前看到他离开了。”
伴着沉重的呼吸，乔治放回了听筒，正在这时敲门声又开始了。
答案及解析
caller【解析】根据原句中的“…the so-called‘cheap rates’for a long distance call．”(…所谓低花费的长途电话。)可知，该句的主语是“打电话的人”，且此处有定冠词the修饰，故答案填caller。