passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.
One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
"Hello? Are you still there?"
Oops.
85. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Cellphone service is popular among people.
B. Cellphone has much use in office.
C. Fake foning is a new cellphone service.
D. Fake foning is a new discovery.
86. What is fake foning?
A. A strategy to avoid people.
B. A device newly produced.
C. A service provided everywhere.
D. A skill of communication.
87. In the author's opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to
A. talk about interesting matters.
B. behave politely to people passing by.
C. hold the phone while walking.
D. appear absorbed in conversation.
88. What does the last example show?
A. One effective way is to fake fone one's doctor.
B. One has to be careful while fake foning.
C. Fake foning may not deceive people.
D. Fake foning is always quite successful.
89. After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author
A. immediately started talking to the caller.
B. immediately started talking to his colleague.
C. put the phone away and stopped talking.
D. continued with his fake conversation.
90. What is the tone of the passage?
A. Critical. B. Humorous. C. Serious. D. Unclear.
TEXT C
It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out.
Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.