Last October, five U.S. vacation resorts(度假区) began offering “rewards” to guests who agreed to put away their phones for a few hours. For example, guests get good (77)_____by swimming pools, free food and even chances to win free future visits.
It was reported last week that 250 people have taken part in the program at Wyndham resort hotels in Florida and Texas. They offered to cut the cost of a hotel stay by 5 percent if guests put their phones in a timed lockbox.
However, not all guests want to leave their devices. Phones can serve as cameras, music players, travel guides and e-readers. They also might be needed in an (78)_____.
Matthew, a father of two young children wants all the family to keep devices out of sight during (79)_____meals. “Sometimes, people need to be forced to do things to start a thought process and then create a habit,” he said.
David, manager of a company, uses two phones. He tries not to use his work phone when he is not on the job, but he carries his personal phone (80)_____. “I don’t think I would like being made to put the thing down,”David said.
75.A. return B. refuse C. stay D. search 76.A. score B. breath C. courage D. debate 77. A. seating B. hearing C. meeting D. thinking 78. A. imagination B. experiment C. invention D. emergency 79.A.business B. family C. community D. charity 80.A. nowhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere
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B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
I was 23 before my first novel appeared in the bookshops. It had been a challenge to find a publisher who would even look at it. As soon as they heard that it was about teenagers and their problems, they just weren’t interested. ___75___ one of them read it and loved the way I try to show the funny side of any difficult situation. I’m quite ___76___ teenagers now, and some even say hello when they see me in the street.
I’m not sure where my stories come from—that’s like asking people to tell you where their dreams come from. Some writers get ___77___ from other writers’ work they’ve read, but I keep a notebook and I put down interesting things I notice wherever I go. Those things come into my stories. I write full time now and I love it, but it’s hard work. I write everything out by hand, and after I’ve corrected it, I type it on my computer. I’m OK at ___78___ and I’ve done some pictures for my books, but one day I met a professional artist, John Brookes, who now does most of them and they’re a great improvement on my efforts.
Recently one of my books was made into a film, which was an exciting experience. I didn’t write the dialogue between the characters—other writers did that very well. I visited while they filming and I sometimes feel like ___79___ improvement, but in the end I just let them do what they wanted.
I must say I was pleased with the book they those to film, but thought it was a ___80___ they made so many changes to the story. 75. A. Actually B. Finally C. Especially D. Immediately 76. A. familiar with
77. A. advice 78. A. drawing 79. A. showing 80. A. joke
B. similar to
B. news B. acting B. suggesting
B. chance
C. popular with C. reviews C. copying C. noticing C. shame
D. thankful to D. ideas D. editing D. achieving D. surprise
