Dear Sir,
I first applied for the installation of a telephone on July 15th, 2007, and since then I have renewed my （144) several times. Rather to my disappointment, each time I received the same reply that there were no telephone wires in my residential area. I have just learned from the morning TV show that the （145) work of lines to my district had been completed three weeks earlier. I should like to remind you of my application and hope that you will （146) my request as soon as possible.
I trust this letter will call your immediate attention to the matter, thus ending the long wait.
Yours Sincerely,
Tom Green
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A．request
B．reply
C．rescue
D．reserve

A．expansion
B．exception
C．exhibition
D．extension

Why does the man go to see his professor？
A．To borrow some books for his project
B．To hand in the first book report
C．To ask about the professor's requirements
D．To talk about literary movements

Which of the following questions is answered according to the information given in the passage？
A．What is the toxin used by the fish killer？
B．Who first discovered the organism？
C．How does the fish killer paralyze fish？
D．How many fishes can the organism kill each day？

The word "prompted" underlined in Paragraph 3 means______.
A．stimulated
B．attracted
C．annoyed
D．shocked

How is the second part of the reading list different from the first part？
A．More minority authors are represented.
B．All of the writers are from North America.
C．It includes books from the Post Modern Period.
D．In addition to novels, some plays are on the list.