1 . When I was ten, I lived in a neighborhood with a public library nearby, which opened in the evening. I enjoyed reading and after school I would ______ there ahead of its opening time. Without waiting for things there to be ______, I would just turn on the lights in kids’ section and start my reading.
The ______ didn’t look approachable. I used to hear him being ______ on people who had late returns or damaged the books, so I was afraid of him. Every day, fifteen minutes before the ______closing time, he would start announcements and ask people to ______. I didn’t have a library card and couldn’t take my half read books with me, simply putting the books back ______. The librarian must have silently ______ my long face, because he started ______ the closure only in other sections. This ______ me minutes to read.
For five years, I had read most of the books in the library. The librarian was still serious and ______ on words, but he would smile at me. If I missed going to the library, he would be ______ and ask why I had missed my routine (常规). Then one day the librarian asked me to ______ for my own borrower’s account and wrote my name on my first-ever library card.
After my graduation, I moved away and ______ that library. When I went to the library again, unfortunately, I was told that the librarian had retired and the library has smart cards instead of those with the librarian’s ______ !
1. 2. A.smart | B.terrible | C.ready | D.possible |
3. A.manager | B.librarian | C.waiter | D.audience |
4. A.focused | B.strict | C.dependent | D.hard |
5. A.actual | B.former | C.long | D.quiet |
6. A.sit | B.think | C.leave | D.speak |
7. A.unwillingly | B.happily | C.strangely | D.nervously |
8. A.ignored | B.observed | C.touched | D.painted |
9. A.imagining | B.noticing | C.missing | D.announcing |
10. A.spared | B.wasted | C.cost | D.reduced |
11. A.fast | B.honest | C.kind | D.limited |
12. A.annoyed | B.inspired | C.worried | D.excited |
13. A.stand | B.wait | C.apply | D.search |
14. A.lost touch with | B.set aside | C.made use of | D.pulled down |
15. A.order | B.style | C.design | D.handwriting |