Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ______ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ______ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was ______ that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ______ to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every language— new books, ancient books, ______ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.
She had asked the government for ______ to move the books to a ______ place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. ______,she brought books home every night, ______ her car late after work. Her friends came to ______ her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ______ to hide some books. All through the ______,Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, ______ them over the sevenfoot wall and ______ them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war ______. Then nine days later, a fire burned the ______ to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the ______ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ______ again while the city was ______. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs (郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ______ peace and a new library.
1.A. meeting B. working C. personal D. religious
2.A. raised B. handled C. reported D. discussed
3.A. worried B. angry C. doubtful D. curious
4.A. practical B. precious C. reliable D. expensive
5.A. then B. still C. even D. rather
6.A. permission B. confirmation C. explanation D. information
7.A. large B. public C. distant D. safe
8.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Seriously D. Secretly
9.A. starting B. parking C. filling D. testing
10.A. stop B. help C. warn D. rescue
11.A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. agreed
12.A. war B. night C. building D. way
13.A. put B. opened C. passed D. threw
14.A. hid B. exchanged C. burnt D. distributed
15.A. approached B. erupted C. continued D. ended
16.A. restaurant B. library C. city D. wall
17.A. neighbours B. soldiers C. friends D. customers
18.A. sold B. read C. saved D. moved
19.A. occupied B. bombed C. quiet D. busy
20.A. dreamed of B. believed in C. cared about D. looked for
—You won't believe it, Tom. I was chosen as an exchange student to China.
—Congratulations! ________.
A. That's something B. That's all right
C. You got it D. You did a good job
The manager will you to visit the big company next week.
A. arrange B. plan C. arrange for D. plan to
Away before I could say a single word.
A. the children ran B. did the children run
C. ran the children D. had the children run
On receiving a phone call from his wife _____ she had a fall, Mr. Gorden immediately rushed home from his office.
A. says B. to say C. said D. saying
The weather report says that it when we arrive in London.
A. rains B. will be raining C. is raining D. is about to rain