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The policeman ________ the facts again and again, but couldn’t piece them together.

A.got through B.picked up C.went over D.turned out

A reader can enjoy an indirect experience without any of the dangers or stresses _________.

A.involved B.involving C.to involve D.to be involved

Timoteo has an unusual job — he is a human traffic _________.

A.sign B.signal C.mark D.symbol

His movie won several awards at the wrap-up gala, _________ he conducted the orchestra performance in person as a celebration.

A.which B.that C.where D.it

    One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to _______ my strange problem —_______ to read.

In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the _______ at random. The _______ of a book caught my eye. It _______ a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret _______ of happiness and sorrows, but one morning, he was gone, _______ to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never _______ my beagle.

To my astonishment, there on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked _______ to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. ________, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.

Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though ________ were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been ________ his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the ________. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of ________, on and on, until my own ________ dog and I were, in my mind, running together.

My mother’s call ________ me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly ________ and I was going to read them.

I never told my mother about my amazing experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable ________ in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and ________ his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has ________.

1.A.defeat B.explain C.sense D.figure

2.A.confusion B.absence C.inability D.eagerness

3.A.list B.shelf C.gallery D.locker

4.A.back B.surface C.content D.cover

5.A.obtained B.developed C.described D.presented

6.A.sharer B.teller C.follower D.reader

7.A.left behind B.turned back C.sent out D.given away

8.A.missed B.forgot C.sensed D.walked

9.A.similar B.equal C.distant D.belonging

10.A.Unusually B.Unluckily C.Unknowingly D.Undoubtedly

11.A.heads B.ideas C.pages D.books

12.A.separated from B.concerned about C.set free from D.called back by

13.A.room B.picture C.book D.sky

14.A.struggle B.waiting C.racing D.reunion

15.A.dead B.lost C.honored D.imagined

16.A.hurried B.returned C.stopped D.followed

17.A.wonderful B.simple C.challenging D.long

18.A.topic B.excellence C.improvement D.cost

19.A.sold B.authored C.spotted D.read

20.A.turned B.demanded C.meant D.held