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).考生如果怕自己錯(cuò)過考試報(bào)名時(shí)間和考試時(shí)間的話，可以 免費(fèi)預(yù)約短信提醒，屆時(shí)會(huì)以短信的方式提醒大家報(bào)名和考試時(shí)間。

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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 mobile 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 people 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 power and without mobile service.

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隨著手機(jī)在過去十多年間的崛起，投幣電話巳呈逐漸消失之態(tài)。20世紀(jì)90年代末，紐約投幣電話的 數(shù)量高達(dá)35 000部。據(jù)該市公布，如今僅有約11 400部。但是投幣電話在紐約可能不會(huì)消亡。

有手機(jī)的人都知道，網(wǎng)絡(luò)負(fù)載時(shí)，無法完全保證連接，特別是在遇到緊急情況時(shí)。在颶風(fēng)桑迪襲擊期 間，許多紐約人遭遇到?jīng)]電和手機(jī)無服務(wù)情況。為了和外界聯(lián)系，他們使用了投幣電話。

“我想給我媽媽打電話，可是我手機(jī)不能用。我記得我家街角有兩個(gè)投幣電話,”皮特•弗瑞科斯說 道。那時(shí)他住在下東區(qū)，由于風(fēng)暴，那兒的電力和手機(jī)服務(wù)被中斷。

Van Wagner Communications的皮特•伊佐表示，桑迪肆虐期間，紐約市投幣電話的數(shù)量急劇增長。而 他負(fù)責(zé)操作該市4200部投幣電話。

毫無疑問，發(fā)生緊急情況時(shí),投幣電話至關(guān)重要。但是如要站穩(wěn)腳跟，以后的投幣電話應(yīng)隨時(shí)提供有價(jià) 值的服務(wù)，而不能僅限于緊急情況。因此紐約市正盡力升級投幣電話。

七月，該市在10個(gè)投幣電話亭創(chuàng)建了 Wi-Fi熱點(diǎn)。這是試點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目的第一步。該項(xiàng)目旨在保證該市盡 可能多的人使用到無線接入。

此外,本月該市市長宣布了另一個(gè)項(xiàng)目。他希望更新紐約現(xiàn)有的公共投幣電話。該項(xiàng)目名為投幣電話 重塑設(shè)計(jì)挑戰(zhàn)，鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生、技術(shù)老師和設(shè)計(jì)師提出新想法,從而實(shí)現(xiàn)充分利用現(xiàn)有投幣電話和打造公共通訊 系統(tǒng)未來的目的。

26. C【解析】本題需要結(jié)合上下文。上文提到投幣電話在紐約由盛到衰的歷史和其正在逐漸消失的

現(xiàn)狀。然而下文又提到投幣電話在緊急情況下的功能,以及紐約正在對其進(jìn)行升級改造,說明 投幣電話還將存在于紐約。可見空格處為轉(zhuǎn)折。選項(xiàng)C“投幣電話在紐約可能不會(huì)消亡”符合 題意，故本題應(yīng)選C。

27. G【解析】本題需要結(jié)合上下文。上文提到手機(jī)的缺點(diǎn)，尤其是在緊急情況下暴露的弊端，即網(wǎng)絡(luò)

負(fù)載時(shí)，無法完全保證連接。下文又提到為與外界取得聯(lián)系，他們轉(zhuǎn)而使用投幣電話。可見空 格處需要一個(gè)承啟下文的過渡句。選項(xiàng)G“颶風(fēng)桑迪期間,許多紐約人遭遇到?jīng)]電和手機(jī)無服 務(wù)情況”符合題意，故本題應(yīng)選Go

28. A【解析】本題需要結(jié)合下文。下文提到說話者記得街角有兩個(gè)投幣電話。可見空格處缺少事件

由頭。選項(xiàng)A“我想給我媽媽打電話，可是我手機(jī)不能用”符合題意，故本題應(yīng)選Ao

29. F【解析】本題需要結(jié)合上下文。上文提到投幣電話在緊急情況中的功能,但也言明需改進(jìn)投幣

電話才能不被淘汰。下文又提到紐約的具體改進(jìn)措施。可見空格處需要一個(gè)過渡句。選項(xiàng)F “因此紐約正盡力升級投幣電話”符合題意，故本題應(yīng)選Fo

30. E【解析】本題需要結(jié)合下文。下文提到一個(gè)名稱，其中it為指示代詞。可見空格處需有it的指

代對象。選項(xiàng)E“此外,本月該市市長宣布了另一個(gè)項(xiàng)目。他希望更新紐約現(xiàn)有的公共投幣電 話”符合題意，故本題應(yīng)選E。

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