Read the fallowing text from which five sentences have been removed. Choose from the sentences A - G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text ( 1 -5).
There are TWO extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
With the rise of mobile phones over the past decade, pay phones have been disappearing. New York City had a high of 35 ,000 pay phones in the late 1990s. Today, there are only about 11,400, according to the city. 1
Anyone with a cell phone knows that connectivity is not always guaranteed, especially not during emergencies, when networks are overloaded. 2 To communicate with the rest of the world, they took to pay phones.
“ 3 I remembered there were two pay phones on the comer of my street，'‘ said Peter Frescos, who at the time lived in the Lower East Side. Electricity and mo bile phone service there were knocked out by the storm.
Pay phone volume across New York City rose sharply during Sandy, said Peter Izzo of Van Wagner Communications, which operates 4,200 pay phones in the city.
There' s no question that pay phones are critical when there' s an emergency. But to stay relevant, the pay phone of tke future needs to offer valuable services at all times, not just during emergencies. 4
In July the city created Wi-Fi hotspots at 10 payphone booths. That' s the first step in a pilot program which aims to make wireless access available to as many peo ple as possible in the city.
5 It 9 s called Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge. It encourages students, technologists and designers to come up with new ideas to make the best use of the existing pay phones and shape the future of public communications system.
[A] I wanted to call my mom, but my cell phone wasn' t working.
[B ] To run the new program, it' s important to have new visions.
[C ] But pay phones may not fade from the urban scene.
[A] My mom didn' t even pick up because she didn' t recognize the number.
[B] And this month the city mayor announced another program that he hopes will renew the city's remaining public pay phones.
[C] So the city of New York is trying to give the pay phone an upgrade.
[D] During Hurricane Sandy,many New Yorkers found themselves without pow er and without mobile service.
参考答案及解析：
随着手机在过去十多年间的崛起，投币电话巳呈逐渐消失之态。20世纪90年代末，纽约投币电话的 数量高达35 000部。据该市公布，如今仅有约11 400部。但是投币电话在纽约可能不会消亡。
有手机的人都知道，网络负载时，无法完全保证连接，特别是在遇到紧急情况时。在飓风桑迪袭击期 间，许多纽约人遭遇到没电和手机无服务情况。为了和外界联系，他们使用了投币电话。
“我想给我妈妈打电话，可是我手机不能用。我记得我家街角有两个投币电话,”皮特•弗瑞科斯说 道。那时他住在下东区，由于风暴，那儿的电力和手机服务被中断。
Van Wagner Communications的皮特•伊佐表示，桑迪肆虐期间，纽约市投币电话的数量急剧增长。而 他负责操作该市4200部投币电话。
毫无疑问，发生紧急情况时,投币电话至关重要。但是如要站稳脚跟，以后的投币电话应随时提供有价 值的服务，而不能仅限于紧急情况。因此纽约市正尽力升级投币电话。
七月，该市在10个投币电话亭创建了 Wi-Fi热点。这是试点项目的第一步。该项目旨在保证该市尽 可能多的人使用到无线接入。
此外,本月该市市长宣布了另一个项目。他希望更新纽约现有的公共投币电话。该项目名为投币电话 重塑设计挑战，鼓励学生、技术专家和设计师提出新想法,从而实现充分利用现有投币电话和打造公共通讯 系统未来的目的。
26. C【解析】本题需要结合上下文。上文提到投币电话在纽约由盛到衰的历史和其正在逐渐消失的
现状。然而下文又提到投币电话在紧急情况下的功能,以及纽约正在对其进行升级改造,说明 投币电话还将存在于纽约。可见空格处为转折。选项C“投币电话在纽约可能不会消亡”符合 题意，故本题应选C。
27. G【解析】本题需要结合上下文。上文提到手机的缺点，尤其是在紧急情况下暴露的弊端，即网络
负载时，无法完全保证连接。下文又提到为与外界取得联系，他们转而使用投币电话。可见空 格处需要一个承启下文的过渡句。选项G“飓风桑迪期间,许多纽约人遭遇到没电和手机无服 务情况”符合题意，故本题应选Go
28. A【解析】本题需要结合下文。下文提到说话者记得街角有两个投币电话。可见空格处缺少事件
由头。选项A“我想给我妈妈打电话，可是我手机不能用”符合题意，故本题应选Ao
29. F【解析】本题需要结合上下文。上文提到投币电话在紧急情况中的功能,但也言明需改进投币
电话才能不被淘汰。下文又提到纽约的具体改进措施。可见空格处需要一个过渡句。选项F “因此纽约正尽力升级投币电话”符合题意，故本题应选Fo
30. E【解析】本题需要结合下文。下文提到一个名称，其中it为指示代词。可见空格处需有it的指
代对象。选项E“此外,本月该市市长宣布了另一个项目。他希望更新纽约现有的公共投币电 话”符合题意，故本题应选E。
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