完形填空练习（二十五）
“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict (有瘾的人) …”
With these words I began to 1 the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people 2 , from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I 3 to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially—a few calls each day. It seemed 4 , just a quick chat. Gradually though, the 5 got worse. Soon it was 6 use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect my 7 . During the day I would disappear for 8 call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more 9 , in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, 10 myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and 11 messages to make sure 12 calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends’ homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the 13 “Is it OK if I just use the phone …?” At work, I became 14 when my fellow workers tried to 15 me from
