A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural __1__ for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn __2__ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to __3__ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __4__ of human experiences and come to __5__ other ways of thought and living. And while __6__ their own relationships and responses to life, the readers often find that the __7__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide __8__ material for readers' imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __9__ their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure __10__. The social and educational significance of the readers' books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
[A] abundant
[B] characters
[C] communicating
[D] completely
[E] derive
[F] desire
[G] diversity
[H] escape
[I] establishing
[J] narrow
[K] naturally
[L] personnel
[M] properly
[N] respect
[O] widen
参考答案:
1.F 可以看出这里需要一个名词,再根据后面的几个介词for ,以及文意,不难判断出这里是desire。
2.K 这里需要一个词来形容turn to这样一个动词词组,再根据后面的那种好奇而想读书,不难看出,是选K。
3.H “need to do“这是一个很常用的词组,在根据后面的介词 from,因此,这里选H。
4.G
5.N 根据文意,可以判断出是N
6.I 这里需要一个词来组成主语,那么已ing形式作主语+后文的内容,无非就是选I。
7.B 根据文意story里,无非就是characters,选B。
8.A
9.O 根据文章第一段的提示,再结合文意无非就是扩展视野的词组,因此选O。
10.M