Going west复习
but back then, it was a huge 7 , especially when 8 the car mobile phones that had been in 9 since the 1940s.
a 10 phone weighed more than 13 kilograms and 11 thousands of dollars .an owner had to drill a hole in the 12 just to install it.
at that time , cooper was 13 with joel engel , the head of research at a rival 14 communications company. so, he made the first call to him.
“i told him:joel, i’m 15 you from a real cell phone ,” said cooper. “i thought i heard gnashing of teeth （咬牙切齿）at the other end, 16 he was polite.”
since that first call ,some 1 billion people around the world now own mobiles.
today , they are multifunctional （多功能的）with more and more features ， 17 short text messages , cameras and mp3 players.
however,74-year-old cooper still believe the “original dream” of a truly mobile phone call is not yet a 18 .that is :being able to use a phone to call anyone from anywhere.
cooper’s dream phone is so 19 that it fits behind his ear and automatically（自动地） dials out when he thinks about calling someone . and when there is an incoming call, it trickles（轻震） instead of 20 .
1. a. made b. done c. recorded d. taken
2. a. japanese b. english c. canadian d. american
3. a. surprised b. angry c. encouraged d. delighted
4. a. small b. beautiful c. big d. smart
5 .a. measured b .weighed c. smelled d. lifted
6. a. ordinary b. wireless c. vision d. mobile
7. a. progress b. mistake c. advancement d. failure
8. a. compared with b. different from c. satisfied with d. referred to
