“Twobookspervisitperweek,”saidtheunsmilinglibrarianassh...

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“Two books per visit per week,” said the unsmiling librarian as she handed a library card．Neither the limits nor her attitude   1   me, a 9 – year – old Jewish girl growing up in Berlin in the 1950s．I needed those visits．The books were filled with stories in which, however   2  things seemed, everything   3   well in the end,   4  justice, bravery, and wisdom – a striking contrast （对比） to my everyday experiences．

Thirty years later, I, a recent immigrant to the US with a daughter aged 13, stood in front of another librarian．This librarian was   5  ．

“What did she say?” I asked my daughter, who already knew a little English and often   6  as my interpreter．

“She said ‘Can I help you?’”

“Ask if they have any books in   7  ,” I requested．

“No, they don’t．” translated my daughter．

While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to   8   books．The interview was short – the job didn’t require much English, just a   9   of the alphabet．I started the next day．Every day, I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was   10   from me, mentally dividing them by size and color． One day, while shelving, I found English for Beginners and began studying it on my own．   11  English letters started forming words I could   12 , words combined into phrases, and – oh,   13  ! – I was reading．It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and   14  by tears, but it was progress．Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk -  15   books in and out and answering simple questions．

Every day I receive dozens of people．Sometimes I spot new immigrants．They come from all over the world, so they look different, but the hesitant expression on their faces and their   16   manners are similar．My heart goes out to them,   17  they are people like me．I fully understand the  18   roads on which they have stepped．“They’ve come to the right place,” I think to 19  ．Then I smile and say – just the   20   a librarian said to me a long time ago – “Can I help you?”

1．A．surprised               B．comforted           C．puzzled               D．shocked

2．A．attractive               B．dull                     C．terrible                D．strange

3．A．went out               B．turned out            C．ended in              D．came up

4．A．rewarding             B．affecting              C．completing          D．denying

5．A．chatting                B．staring                 C．reading                D．smiling

6．A．introduced             B．instructed            C．guided                 D．served

7．A．Spanish                 B．French                C．Russian               D．German

8．A．shelve                   B．register                C．record                 D．mark

9．A．list                        B．knowledge           C．line                     D．competence

10．A．vague                  B．simple                 C．hidden                 D．clear

11．A．All of a sudden     B．In no time            C．Step by step        D．Now and then

12．A．recognize            B．realize                 C．define                 D．interpret

13．A．challenge             B．wonder               C．opportunity          D．news

14．A．inspired               B．accompanied        C．blocked               D．excited

15．A．checking             B．classifying           C．borrowing           D．lending

16．A．rough                  B．elegant                C．polite                  D．shy

17．A．though                B．until                    C．for                      D．unless

18．A．difficult               B．smooth                C．endless                D．straight

19．A．me                      B．myself                 C．them                   D．themselves

20．A．means                 B．approach             C．method               D．way

【回答】

1—5 ACBAD     6—10 DDABC      11—15 CABBA      16—20 DCABD

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