Question

    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 mountain 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 seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, 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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Alia Baker是伊拉克图书馆的馆长，当伊拉克爆发战争时，Alia Baker害怕战争会破坏图书，于是向政府求助，在遭到拒绝后，Alia Baker自己用双手一点点把书搬出来，最后在家人、朋友和邻居的帮助下，Alia Baker将书转移到了安全的地方。

1.考查形容词。A.meeting会议的；B.working工作的；C.personal个人的；D.religious虔诚的。根据后文“for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge”,可知图书馆是为那些喜爱书，喜欢分享知识的人而建立的，因此“her library used to be a ___place”她的图书馆是这些人集会、碰面的地方。故选A。

2.考查动词。A.raised举起、抬高；B.handled应付、处理；C.reported报道；D.discussed讨论。根据“They___various matters all over the world”,根据语境，应该是他们讨论世界大事。故选D。

3.考查形容词。A.worried担心；B.angry生气；C.doubtful怀疑的；D.curious好奇的。根据后文“So Alia took matters into her own hands”，Alia用双手搬书，可知“Alia was ___that the fires of war would destroy the books”,Alia担心战火会破坏书。故选A。

4.考查形容词。A.practical实践的；B.precious珍贵的；C.reliable可靠的；D.expensive昂贵的。根据后文“which are more__to her than mountains of gold”,由more可知，是将书与金山作比较，可见书的珍贵性。故选B。

5.考查副词。A.then然后；B.still仍然；C.even甚至；D.rather稍微。根据“a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old”,这本关于伊拉克历史的书已经有了七百年的历史，因此是比较宝贵的，与前面“new books,ancient books”是一种层次上的上升与递进关系。故选C。

6.考查名词。A.permission许可；B.confirmation确认；C.explanation解释；D.information信息。根据“She had asked the government for__to move the books to a__place”,可知她想获得政府的许可，将书转移到安全的地方。故选A。

7.考查形容词。A.large大的；B.public公共的；C.distant遥远的；D.safe安全的。根据“She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a__place”,她想获得政府的许可，将书转移到（ ）的地方。故选D。

8.考查副词。A.Fortunately幸运地；B.Surprisingly惊奇地；C.Seriously严重地；D.Secretly秘密地。根据“she brought books home every night”,可知她是在秘密地转移书籍。故选D。

9.考查动词。A. Starting开始；B.parking停车；C.filling装满；D.testing测试。根据“__her car late after work”,可知，在工作之后，她的车都被书装满的。故选C。

10.考查动词。A.stop停止；B.help帮助；C.warn警告；D.rescue营救。根据后文“Anis who owned a restaurant 46 to hide some books.”可知，她的朋友们都过来帮她转移书。故选B。

11.考查动词。A. intended 打算；B. pretended假装；C. happened 发生；D. agreed同意。根据“Anis who owned a restaurant 46 to hide some books”根据语境分析，Anis同意把书藏在她的饭店里面。故选D。

12.考查名词。 A. war 战争；B. night夜晚C. building 楼房；D. way 方法。根据前文“she brought books home every night,”所以与之相对应“All through the 47 ”，故选B。

13.考查固定词组。A. put放；B. opened 打开；C. passed 通过；D. threw 扔。根据“the seven-foot wall”七英尺高的墙，可知，他们是越过pass over七英尺高的墙。故选C。

14.考查动词。A. hid 隐藏；B. exchanged 交换；C.burnt 燃烧；D. distributed 分发。根据“pass them over the seven-foot wall and 49 them in the restaurant”由and 可知前后两句为并列关系，他们越过七英尺高的墙，把书藏起来。故选A。

15.考查动词。A. approached 接近；B. erupted 爆发；C. continued D. ended 结束。由后文

“Then nine days laters, a fire burned the 51 to the ground.”可知，战争仍在继续。故选C。

16.考查名词。A. restaurant 饭店；B. library 图书馆；C. city 城市；D. wall 墙壁。根据后文“Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library”可知原来的图书馆已经损毁，所以“a fire burned the 51 to the ground.”战火蔓延到了图书馆。故选B。

17.考查名词。A. neighbours 邻居；B. soldiers 士兵；C. friends 朋友；D. customers 顾客。“the bombing stopped and the 52 lef”，and连接两个并列句，轰炸停止，与之相对应的是，士兵离开了。故选B。

18.考查动词。A. sold 卖；B. read 阅读；C. saved救；D. moved 移动。根据“So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区)”，可知，她决定要再次移动书。故选D。

19.考查形容词。A. occupied 占据；B. bombed 轰炸；C. quiet 安静的；D. busy 忙的。“the bombing stopped and the soldiers left”根据语境，战争刚结束，城市应该很安静。

20.考查动词词组。A. dreamed of梦想；B. believed in 相信；C. cared about 关心；D. looked for 寻找。根据“Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library.”可知，她期望和平的到来。故选A。