江苏省常州市2014高考英语 阅读理解、完形填空训练(20.docVIP

江苏省常州市 2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空训练（20）含答案 完形填空 Words：332　难度系数：★★★　建议用时：16分钟 “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？