Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!”

Of course we were __8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, “__11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”

“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.

“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”

“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!”

1. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2. A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday

3. A. study B. play C. rest D. run

4. A. words B. sentences C. problems D. stories

5. A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D. classmates

6. A. finished B. heard C. saw D. met

7. A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled

8. A. angry B. happy C. worried D. sad

9. A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D. drivers

10. A. looked for B. read C. wrote D. looked at

11. A. Need B. Must C. May D. Can

12. A. other B. the other C. others D. another

13. A. lose B. sell C. throw D. know

14. A. pay B. return C. use D. look after

15. A. made B. picked C. won D. bought

【老師點(diǎn)評(píng)】

這篇短文主要講了Charlie家里有許多藏書，卻沒有一本是自己買的，所以他從不借書給別人，因?yàn)樗聞e人都和他一樣。本題的不少答案只從缺空所在句子的語(yǔ)意和語(yǔ)法是無(wú)法確定的，解題是要聯(lián)系上下文及一般常識(shí)進(jìn)行推理。

【答案簡(jiǎn)析】

1. B。hot應(yīng)該指的是夏天的天氣情況。

2. D。大學(xué)生暑假回家度假。

3. A。學(xué)生暑假應(yīng)該不忘學(xué)習(xí)。

4. C。solve problems意為“解決問(wèn)題”。

5. D。根據(jù)下文可得知。

6. A。finish middle school表示“中學(xué)畢業(yè)”。

7. C。look sb. up and down表示“上下打量某人”，這時(shí)look用作及物動(dòng)詞。

8. B。老同學(xué)相見自然是高興。

9. B。同學(xué)之間談?wù)摰闹饕獙?duì)象一般應(yīng)該是同學(xué)和老師。

10. A。根據(jù)上下文得知“我”正在尋找一本字典。

11. D。這里指征求別人的意見，故用can。

12. C。泛指其他人，故用復(fù)數(shù)。

13. A。“我”以為他怕我把書弄丟，所以不借。

14. B。根據(jù)下文得知他的書都是借的，所以他不愿借給我，怕我也象他一樣借書不還。

15. D。這些書都不是買的，而是借的。