1 . Do you love libraries? If you love books as much as I do, then I’m certain you must.

My library card has a(n)_______ place in my wallet, and some of my favorite_______ of childhood come from_______ the public library in my hometown. It is a(n)_______ house, much like the one introduced in Secrets of the Blue Hill Library, coming this summer.

The children’s section (区) of our library is on the lower level, and I felt_______ when I walked down the steps, opened the small door (just right for a child) and entered the room with many rows of shelves. It was_______ a wonderland where new adventures (奇遇) and friends awaited (等待).

I clearly_______ the pleasant smell of books — a mix of new and_______ smell — that attracted me deeply, and, like a bee moving from flower to flower, I _______ book after book as I took in varieties of ________ on those shelves and tried to choose the next ones I would take home. I preferred to read books about real-life heroes, whose lives ________ me a lot. From the books on our library shelves, the world was opened to me in an attractive way.

________, of course, my reading took me up the steps and into the ________ library on the first and second floors, where I continued reading every book with much ________. To be honest, I can’t ________ how different my life would have been if it had not been for the variety of reading I ________ at the library. ________ I can say for certain that,________its strong and comforting presence in my ________ life, I would not be the person I am today — a successful writer.

In the book Secrets of the Blue Hill Library, the people of this small town have no________ But two wonderful women come together to provide both a nice library for the town and a home for Anne, the leading character. But that is only the beginning of the adventures that await Anne—and you as my fellow library lover.