【新人教版】（广东专版）高三英语一轮复习同步精练（附解析）：选修6 Unit 3　A healthy life（附解析）.docVIP

Unit 3　A healthy life 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 “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 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 German，”I requested. “No，they don’t.”translated my daughter. While hunting for a job，I was told that the library needed people to __7__ books.The interview was short—the job didn’t require much English，just a __8__ of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day，I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was __9__ 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.Step by step English letters started forming words I could __10__，words combined into phrases，and—oh，__11__！—I was reading.It was a slow process，supported by dictionaries and __12__ by tears，but it was progress.Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk—__13__ 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 __14__ manners are similar.My heart goes out to them，for they are people like me.I fully understand the __15__ roads on which they have stepped.“They’ve come to the right place，”I think to myself.Then I smile and say—just the way a librarian said to me a long time ago—“Can I help you？”