On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very ____11____. The Hardens’ 15-year-old daughter has gone ___12____ six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish you a happy Christmas, ”she said, “I love you.”
Ronals and Edwine Harden were so ______13_____ that they started a special telephone service （服务）called“Alive and Well”. The service helps ______14______ to get in touch with children who have run away from home.
Young people can phone“Alive and Well”and leave a message for their parents. The telephone are answered by answering machines. So ______15_____ can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are _______16_______ eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well”they can telephone their parents and they do not ______17______ about this or giving out their addresses.
The Hardens and their helpers ______18______ the telephone messages and connect（联系）the addresses given. About 30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in _______19_______. For only two pence（便士）they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and ______20______ a parent worry: Is he dead or alive?
11. A. interesting B.important C. difficult D. exciting
12. A. away Bout C. back D. along
13. A. angry B. happy C. sad D. kind
14. A. teachers B. people C. parents D. friends
15. A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. no one
16. A. at B. above C. over D. under
17. A. think B. worry C. talk D. hear
18. A. ask for B. listen to C. look up D. write down
19. A. Pairs B. Tokyo C. London D. New York
20. A. stop B. make C. feel D. leave
答案：11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. 16. D 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. A