
Exercises for Text A
A. Choose the best answer according to the text.
1. When the boy was young, he was amazed at an unknown voice in the telephone at home because ________.
A. there was a person living in it
B. they had one of the first telephones
C. there was nothing the voice did not know
D. people could talk over the telephone
2. Information Please advised the boy to ________ to stop the pain.
A. open the fridge
B. take out some ice
C. find his mother
D. put a piece of ice on the wounded finger
3. The boy called Information Please for information about many things except ________.
A. the time of a party
B. how to spell a word
C. ways to feel comfortable
D. how to do his lessons
4. After the family moved to Boston, the boy ________.
A. called Information Please again
B. never thought of her again
C. missed his friend deeply
D. forgot his friend soon
5. Arriving at the airport in Seattle, the boy, now a young man, called Information Please again to find ________.
A. she no longer worked there
B. she didn’t like his calls at all
C. she had forgot all about him
D. they both meant a lot to each other
B. Match the summaries with the four sections in Text A. There is one extra summary that is irrelevant. For this summary, write N/A (not applicable).

C. Make a dialogue with your partner according to the situation described below.
1. Here is an imagined telephone conversation between the boy and Information Please. Fill in the blanks with what you and your partner think appropriate and be prepared to read the dialogue aloud in class. (“B” stands for the boy and “IP” for Information Please.)
B: Information Please ?
IP: Information.
B: I have a problem with my lessons. Can you help me ?
IP: Of course.
B: Do you know where the Great Wall is?
IP: It is in China .
B: Thank you so much!
IP: You’re welcome .
B: Goodbye!
IP: Bye-bye!
2. Here is an imagined telephone conversation between the boy’s mother and Information Please. Fill in the blanks with what you and your partner think appropriate and be prepared to read the dialogue aloud in class. (M stands for the mother and IP for Information Please.)
M: Information Please ?
IP: Information.
M: Could you tell me the number of the railway station?
IP: Of course. The number is xxxxxxx .
M: Thanks a lot.
IP: You are welcome .
M: Bye-bye.
IP: Bye-bye.

