OneChristmasEveafewyearsagoanEnglishcouplereceivedaveryspecialtelephonecall.Itwasonlyatwenty-secondcallbutitwasveryimportant.Itwastheirfifteen-year-olddaughterwhohaddisappearedsixmonthsbeforethatrangthem."I'mphoningtowishyouMerryChristmas"shesaid"Iloveyou."
RonalandEdwinaHaydenweresohappythattheystartedaspecialtelephoneservicecalled"AliveandWell".Theservicehelpsparentstokeepincontactwithchildrenwhohaverunawayfromhome.
Youngpeoplecanphone"AliveandWell"andleaveamessagefortheirparents.Thetelephonesareansweredbyansweringmachines.Sonoonecanspeaktothechildormakehimreturnhome.Parentsofrunawaychildrenwhoareundereighteencanaskthepolicetobringtheirchildrenhome.Sochildrendonotwanttotelltheirparentswheretheyare.Through"AliveandWell"theycantelephonetheirparentswithoutworryingaboutthisorgivingtheiraddress.
TheHaydensandtheirhelperswritedownthetape-recordedtelephonemessagesandcontacttheaddressgiven.Manyofthe30000BritishteenagerswhohavelefthomeareprobablyinLondon.Foronlytwopencetheycangointoatelephonecoinboxandcalltheirparents.Theycandial5675339andstopaparent'sworry:Ishedeadoralive?
68.At"AliveandWell"thephonesareansweredby________.
A.theHaydens
B.agroupofhelpers
C.helpfulteenagers
D.anautomaticsystem
69.Ifyouring"AliveandWell"yourmessagewillbe________first.
A.recorded
B.typedout
C.broadcast
D.copiedautomatically
70.Whatdoes"disappeared"meaninthepassage?
A.died
B.lostherway
C.camehomelate
D.ranawayfromhome
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