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"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 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 German, "I requested.
"No, they don't."translated my daughter.
While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to __
7__ books.The interview was
short-the job didn't require much English, just a __
8__ of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day, I
handled hundreds of books whose meaning was __
9__ 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.Step by step
English letters started forming words I could __
10__, words combined into phrases, and-oh, __
11__!-I
was reading.It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and __
12__ by tears, but it was progress.
Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk-__
13__ 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 __
14__ manners are
similar.My heart goes out to them, for they are people like me.I fully understand the __
15__ roads on
which they have stepped."They've come to the right place, "I think to myself.Then I smile and say-just the
way 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. shelve ( )8. A. list ( )9. A. vague ( )10. A. recognize ( )11. A. challenge ( )12. A. inspired ( )13. A. checking ( )14. A. rough ( )15. A. difficult |
B. comforted B. dull B. turned out B. affecting B. staring B. instructed B. register B. knowledge B. simple B. realize B. wonder B. accompanied B. classifying B. elegant B. smooth |
C. puzzled C. terrible C. ended in C. deserving C. reading C. guided C. record C. line C. hidden C. define C. opportunity C. blocked C. borrowing C. polite C. endless |
D. shocked D. strange D. came up D. denying D. smiling D. served D. mark D. competence D. clear D. interpret D. news D. excited D. lending D. shy D. straight |