2 . The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business, I was heartbroken. The bookstore, which was a legendary_______in the neighbourhood, was a place where anyone could _______ and connect through their love of books.

When I hurried to the store , I saw that the books were already being_______ into boxes. I had a long chat with Casey, the store’s elderly owner. _______ deeply, he told me how it was becoming_______to run an independent bookstore. Most young people_______ reading e-books on tablets. More and more customers were being _______by chain stores and online discounts. I tried to think of some words of _______ ，but I had to admit that the Rainbow Bookstore couldn't stay in _______much longer.

Childhood memories came back to me so ________ ，as if the events had happened only yesterday. A bunch of us________would frequently drop by the store after school. We’d look at the new books, or just ________Old Casey. He knew every ________in the store and would always pick the perfect one for us from a ________shelf. We spent hours reading, seated on the store’s old, but ________furniture. Casey encouraged us to ________our ideas and comments on the books, by writing them on a large board in one corner of the store. When I left the bookstore, it was becoming cold and ________ outside. I turned to ________ Casey, but both he and his bookstore were already________in a thick mist. It made me realise that the bookstore and all that Old Casey had given to the community could soon ________for good.