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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

 

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, s1. walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

In o2. to realize their wish, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. One figure caught their attention: they’d read some- where that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than 300 a year on books. Mary and Richard were t3. mystery readers and owned a big collection of such books.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college it was i4. for the couple to spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to a5. customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to d6. their stories. Today Mystery Lovers make sales of about 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an e7. life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.

 

1.seldom 2.order 3.themselves 4.impossible 5.attract 6.discuss 7.enjoyable 【解析】 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了一对爱书的夫妻开书店的故事。 1.句意:玛丽和她的丈夫理查德·戈德曼像许多书籍爱好者一样,很少路过书店而不进去看看。 空格处所给首字母为s。根据句中Like many lovers of books可知,玛丽和她的丈夫理查德•戈德曼是书籍爱好者,所以每次路过书店很少不进去看看的。空格处应填入意为“很少”的副词。seldom作副词时,意为“很少、不常”,符合句意,故答案为seldom。 2.句意:为了实现他们的愿望,他们开始与书店老板交谈和研究这个行业。 空格处所给首字母为o。in order to为固定搭配,意为“为了、以便”,符合句意,故答案为order。 3.句意:玛丽和理查德本身就是推理小说读者,拥有大量此类书籍。 空格处所给首字母为t。根据句意及句子结构,空格处应填入意为“他们自己”的反身代词。themselves作反身代词时,意为“他们自己”,符合句意,故答案为themselves。 4.句意:有三个孩子在上大学,这对夫妇不可能把家里所有的钱都花在开店上。 空格处所给首字母为i。根据句意及句子结构,空格处应填入意为“不可能的”形容词。impossible作形容词时,意为“不可能的”,符合句意,故答案为impossible。 5.句意:但玛丽总是想出新方法来吸引顾客。 空格处所给首字母为a。根据句意及句子结构,空格处应填入意为“吸引”的动词。attract作动词时,意为“吸引”,空格所在处为不定式作目的状语,故attract应用动词原形,故答案为attract。 6.句意:她还邀请了几十位作家讨论他们的故事。 空格处所给首字母为d。根据句意及句子结构,空格处应填入意为“讨论”的动词。discuss作动词时,意为“讨论”,空格所在处为不定式作目的状语,故discuss应用动词原形,故答案为discuss。 7.句意:对我们自己来说,这一直是一段愉快的生活,而不是挣大钱。 空格处所给首字母为e。根据句意及句子结构,空格处应填入意为“令人愉快的”形容词,作定语修饰后面的名词life。enjoyable作形容词时,意为“令人愉快的”,符合句意,故答案为enjoyable。
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