2 . When I was a little girl of seven years old, my mother enjoyed reading books. She asked my father to bring many _________ from the town library. My father usually brought as many books as the librarian _________ at a time. My mother would not like anyone to _________ her and liked finishing a story without any breaks.

One day, my father managed to get the best _________ that the librarian recommended. After my mother knew that, she _________ bought some hot dogs because she thought that it was great for us all to enjoy the _________, accompanied by some family chats. My mother could _________ wait to give out the hot dogs and she was lost in the new novel. My father felt it _________ for her not to join in the family chats.

Now it was time to _________ something in our family. On a festival season, some guests __________ us at our home. We had a great time enjoying the festival food and the great family __________, but something was bothering my father and that was the __________ of my mother’s reading the novel. She sat on a sofa and kept reading her new novel without __________ others. My aunt noticed the behavior of my mother and decided to solve the problem in her own way.

My aunt took my mother’s novel away and didn’t give it to her until she __________ that she would never get crazy for reading novels in her life. Now, my father is still active after his retirement and my mother is still __________ reading the book but when she is alone.

1.

A．books

B．cards

C．pictures

D．messages

2.

A．liked

B．expected

C．ordered

D．allowed

3.

A．ignore

B．help

C．bother

D．call

4.

A．brochure

B．magazine

C．newspaper

D．novel

5.

A．occasionally

B．ambitiously

C．specially

D．certainly

6.

A．tea

B．holiday

C．snack

D．convenience

7.

A．shortly

B．patiently

C．hardly

D．calmly

8.

A．improper

B．impolite

C．illegal

D．impatient

9.

A．appreciate

B．create

C．change

D．explore

10.

A．interviewed

B．visited

C．comforted

D．invited

11.

A．decision

B．trip

C．business

D．gathering

12.

A．reason

B．fact

C．task

D．education

13.

A．staring at

B．chatting with

C．commenting in

D．calling on

14.

A．promised

B．refused

C．wished

D．believed

15.

A．lack of

B．fond of

C．cautious about

D．concerned with

3 . A few weeks ago, I surfed the Internet and came across a book called The Debt to pleasure. At first sight, I_________, immediately, to own it. Its structure was novel and it had won wide _________among readers.

But before I could_________ the Buy Now button, a tiny inner voice _________the library, the library, which was simply three blocks from my apartment. I searched the catalog （目录）of the library and sure enough, " _________" now. However, by the time the book was borrowed, I couldn't say with _________that I would love it. This worn, yellow-papered object was just so _________. However promising our first _________was, my initial desire _________sank. When the book was __________, I walked to the library and __________it into the Returns box. Once reshelved, it would __________for others. I sighed and walked off. It had never __________me from the very beginning.

One thing I should mention：I did end up loving The Debt to Pleasure, I loved it so much that I finally ordered a copy of my own. The library book does __________me the cost of a paperback, but it just delivers a __________satisfaction, one that can't promise permanent ownership. Live your life fully, for our lives are only lent to us and can't be owned forever.

1.

A．attempted

B．decided

C．arranged

D．ceased

2.

A．sympathy

B．judgment

C．adaptation

D．recognition

3.

A．click

B．spot

C．untie

D．strike

4.

A．defended

B．insisted

C．confirmed

D．conveyed

5.

A．accessible

B．affordable

C．available

D．dynamic

6.

A．patience

B．relief

C．certainty

D．honesty

7.

A．plain

B．vivid

C．unique

D．attractive

8.

A．response

B．adventure

C．interaction

D．encounter

9.

A．frequently

B．gradually

C．consequently

D．normally

10.

A．due

B．extra

C．missing

D．out

11.

A．submitted

B．donated

C．dropped

D．distributed

12.

A．apply

B．exchange

C．cheer

D．head

13.

A．belonged to

B．appealed to

C．turned to

D．depended on

14.

A．paid

B．offer

C．save

D．prepare

15.

A．material

B．temporary

C．complete

D．sustainable

4 . Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have _______ how difficult it is to write a _______ children’s book. Either the author has aimed too _______, so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, _______ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are _______ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the _______ who hears the story and the adult who _______ it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, _______ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _______ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as ________ of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for ________ “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often ________ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a ________ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop ________ to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so ________ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.1.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．told

D．said

2.

A．short

B．long

C．bad

D．good

3.

A．easy

B．short

C．high

D．difficult

4.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

5.

A．both

B．neither

C．either

D．very

6.

A．child

B．father

C．mother

D．teacher

7.

A．hears

B．buys

C．understands

D．reads

8.

A．but

B．however

C．so

D．because

9.

A．hard

B．easy

C．enough

D．fast

10.

A．articles

B．work

C．arts

D．works

11.

A．grown-ups

B．girls

C．boys

D．children

12.

A．become

B．show

C．find

D．add

13.

A．school

B．home

C．office

D．library

14.

A．going

B．liking

C．trying

D．preferring

15.

A．same

B．friendly

C．different

D．common