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Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置) on your desk. And they’ve never actually   36   you. Everything they know about you   37   through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away.   38   they feel they can know you   39   from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the   40   is. Powerful, yes, but not always   41  . For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met   42  , got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really   43   me. I sometimes wished to   44   another agent. One morning, I had to   45   an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani’s office   46  . The woman sitting at the desk,   47   my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a   48   smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the   49   immediately. “What a wonderful lady!” I thought. Rushing out   50   I called out over my shoulder, “By the way, what’s your name?” “I’m Rani,” she said. I turned around and saw a   51   woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was   52  ! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so   53  . Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s   54  ---her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’   55  ---were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires. 36. A. accepted     B. noticed         C. heard            D. met 37. A. came         B. moved           C. ran              D. developed 38. A. Thus         B. Yet             C. Then             D. Indeed 39. A. rather       B. also            C. just             D. already 40. A. Telephone    B. voice           C. connection       D. impression 41. A. direct       B. useful          C. easy             D. accurate 42. A. in person    B. by myself       C. in public        D. on purpose 43. A. annoyed      B. interested      C. discouraged      D. confused 44. A. promote      B. train           C. find             D. know 45. A. arrange      B. postpone        C. confirm          D. book 46. A. for the first time              B. at any time      C. from time to time               D. in good time 47. A. expecting    B. seeing          C. testing          D. avoiding 48. A. shy          B. comforting      C. familiar         D. forced 49. A. bill         B. form            C. ticket           D. list 50. A. hopefully    B. disappointedly  C. gratefully       D. regretfully 51. A. careful      B. serious         C. nervous          D. pleasant 52. A. amused       B. worried         C. helpless         D. speechless 53. A. calm         B. nice            C. proud            D. clever 54. A. forgiveness  B. eagerness       C. friendliness     D. skillfulness 55. A. explanation  B. attitude        C. concept          D. Behavior 答案：DABCA   DAACD   ABBCC   DDBCB

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