2. The underlined phrase "draft notice" means________.

A. order for army service B. train ticket for Europe

C. letter of rejection D. note of warning

3. What did the "service pins" (in Para.2) stand for in the eyes of the little girls?

A. Strength B. Courage C. Victory D. Honor

4. Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story?

　　　　A. Disappointing B. Unexpected C. Uncertain D. Inspiring

　　B

　　There is a 1930s-old restaurant in my hometown that has done little to update itself over the past 80 years. This is part of its charm, as is the wooden phone booth that sits neglected in the age of the cellphone.

　　Ah, the phone booth. We need it now more than ever.

　　For me it symbolizes that phone calls were once private affairs, even if the information being shared was not sensitive in any way. It was simply assumed that a phone conversation was meant for two people, and two people only. In public places this meant turning to the phone booth-a private chamber where one could converse in peace without being overheard.

　　Even at home, phone calls used to be regarded as private. Growing up in the 1960s, we had one phone in the house-fixed to the kitchen wall.

　　As a kid, I didn't get or make many calls. I do, however, remember answering the phone, asking for the identity of the caller, and then handing the phone to my mom. She'd take it, say "Hello, Mrs. Flaubert，" and then, "one moment please，" as she placed her hand over the receiver, turned to me, and directed, "This is for me. Why don't you go outside and play？"

　　Flash forward to what cellphones have done to the past. Within the space of very few years, private conversations have become public declaration, and being overheard seems to be the point. A large part of the problem, of course, is that we now carry our phones with us, and the reflex(反射) to answer the device as soon as it rings is a response Pavlov would have appreciated.

　　But the information is revealed! Not long ago I was sitting in Boston's South Station, waiting for my train. After purchasing a sandwich, I sat down at a table near a man who was on his cellphone.

　　Let me paraphrase what the man had to say："Yes, that's right. The red and yellow roses. That will be a Visa." Then he proceeded to recite his card number and expiration date before signing off.

　　I stared unbelievably at the fellow. He glanced at me and asked，"What？"

　　My response was immediate: I recited his card number back to him, along with the expiration date.

　　There is no more privacy, no longer a sense of personal borders or limits and the cellphone has become a loudspeaker.

　　To return to phone booths: Why did they disappear? And should you think a phone booth has no value today, I saw one on eBay going for $4，750.

　　5. Why do private conversations turn into public declaration according to the passage?

　　A. Phone booths have died out in modern life.

　　B. People lack a sense of personal borders or limits.

C. The content of phone calls is not that sensitive.