OnChristmasEveafewdaysagoanEnglishcoupletheHardensgotaveryspecialcall.Itwasonlya20-secondcallbutitwasvery 46 .TheHardens’15-year-olddaughterhasgone 47 sixmonthsbefore.OnChristmasEvesherangthem.“I’mphoningtowishyouahappyChristmas”shesaid“Iloveyou.”
RonalsandEdwineHardenwereso 48 thattheystartedaspecialtelephoneservice(服务)called“AliveandWell”.Theservicehelps 49 togetintouchwithchildrenwhohaverunawayfromhome.
Youngpeoplecanphone“AliveandWell”andleaveamessagefortheirparents.Thetelephoneareansweredbyansweringmachines.So 50 canspeaktothechildormakehimreturnhome.Parentsofrunawaychildrenwhoare 51 eighteencanaskthepolicetobringtheirchildrenhome.Sochildrendonotwanttotelltheirparentswheretheyare.Through“AliveandWell”theycantelephonetheirparentsandtheydonot 52 aboutthisorgivingouttheiraddresses.
TheHardensandtheirhelpers 53 thetelephonemessagesandconnect(联系)theaddressesgiven.About30000Britishteenagershavelefthomeandmanyofthemareprobablyin 54 .Foronlytwopence(便士)theycangointoatelephonecoinboxandcalltheirparents.Theycandial5675339and 55 aparentworry:Ishedeadoralive?
46.A.interesting B.important C.difficult D.exciting
47.A.away B.out C.back D.along
48.A.angry B.happy C.sad D.kind
49.A.teachers B.people C.parents D.friends
50A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.noone
51.A.at B.above C.over D.under
52.A.think B.worry C.talk D.hear
53.A.askfor B.listento C.lookup D.writedown
54.A.Pairs B.Tokyo C.London