完形填空。 '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 9yearold 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?' ( )1.A.surprised ( )2.A.attractive ( )3.A.went out ( )4.A.rewarding ( )5.A.chatting ( )6.A.introduced ( )7.A.Spanish ( )8.A.shelve ( )9.A.list ( )10.A.vague ( )11.A.All of a sudden ( )12.A.recognize ( )13.A.challenge ( )14.A.inspired ( )15.A.checking ( )16.A.rough ( )17.A.though ( )18.A.difficult ( )19.A.me ( )20.A.means B.comforted B.dull B.turned out B.affecting B.staring B.instructed B.French B.register B.knowledge B.simple B.In no time B.realize B.wonder B.accompanied B.classifying B.elegant B.until B.Smooth B.myself B.approach C.puzzled C.terrible C.ended in C.completing C.reading C.guided C.Russian C.record C.line C.hidden C.Step by step C.define C.opportunity C.blocked C.borrowing C.polite C.for C.endless C.them C.method D.shocked D.strange D.came up D.denying D.smiling D.served D.German D.mark D.competence D.clear D.Now and then D.interpret D.news D.excited D.lending D.shy D.unless D.straight D.themselves D.way