第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从

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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Two books per visit per week,” said the unsmiling librarian as she handed a library card. Neither the limits nor her attitude   16   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   17  things seemed, everything   18   well in the end,   19   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   20  .

“What did she say?” I asked my daughter, who already knew a little English and often   21  as my interpreter.

“She said ‘Can I help you?’”

“Ask if they have any books in   22  ,” I requested.

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

While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to   23   books. The interview was short –--- the job didn’t require much English, just a   24   of the alphabet. I started the next day. Every day, I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was   25   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.   26   English letters started forming words I could   27  , words combined into phrases, and –--- oh,   28  ! –-- I was reading. It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and   29  by tears, but it was progress. Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk -----   30   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   31   manners are similar. My heart goes out to them,   32   they are people like me. I fully understand the   33   roads on which they have stepped. “They’ve come to the right place,” I think to   34  . Then I smile and say – just the   35   a librarian said to me a long time ago –--- “Can I help you?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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