Question

Choose the best answer and complete the passage （选择最恰当的选项完成短文）

Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They discussed 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 precious to her than mountains 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 permission to move the books to a safe place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands, Secretly, she brought books home every night, _______ her car late after work. Her friends came to help her when the war _______. Anis who owned a restaurant agreed to hide some books. All though the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, passed them over the sever-foot wall and hid them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war _______. Then nine days later, a fire burned the library to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the soldiers left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet. 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.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious

2.A.then B.still C.even D.rather

3.A.starting B.parking C.testing D.filling

4.A.took off B.broke out C.went off D.broke up

5.A.opened B.stopped C.continued D.ended

6.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

【解析】

本文讲述了伊拉克的图书管理员——Alia Baker，在战争前和战争后如何保护那些珍贵的图书。

1.句意：Alia很担心战火会将书毁灭。

worried 担心；angry 生气；doubtful 怀疑的；curious 好奇的。根据前文“When the war was near”和后文“which are more precious to her than mountains of gold”，可知，这些书对Alia来说非常重要，当战争临近的时候，她担心战火会毁坏了书。故选A。

2.句意：这些书籍每种语言版本都有，新书，古书，甚至是关于伊拉克七百年历史的书。

then 然后，still 仍然，even 甚至，rather 宁可。根据前文“The books are in every language—new books, ancient books”和后文“a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old”，可知，前面概括了这里有各种语言版本的书，后面介绍了有哪些品种，空格前后的句子表示递进的关系，所以用even更符合语境。故选C。

3.句意：Alia在下班后，把书装满她的车，秘密地搬回家。

starting 开始；parking 停车；testing 测试；filling 装满。根据前文“Secretly, she brought books home every night”，可推测，每天她把她的车装满书载回家，所以是用动词fill。故选D。

4.句意：当战争爆发的时候，她的朋友都来帮助她。

took off 脱掉；broke out 爆发；went off 爆炸；broke up 分散。根据前文“When the war was near…”，当战争临近的时候，Alia开始自己晚上下班后搬书回家，“Her friends came to help her”她的朋友都赶过来帮她搬运，可推测是战争爆发了，用固定词组break out，本句中用的是一般过去时的结构，所以break out的一般过去时是broke out。故选B。

5.句意：随着战争的继续，这些书一直被藏起来。

opened 打开；stopped 停止；continued 继续；ended 结束。根据上文“when the war broke out”和下文“But the war was not over yet”，可知，战争还在持续。句子用的一般过去时，所以空格处的动词要用过去时。故选C。

6.句意：现在Alia等着战争结束梦想着和平和一个新的图书馆。

dreamed of 梦想；believed in 相信；cared about 关心；looked for寻找。根据空格处后peace，表示和平，结合语意，可知要表达梦想着和平，句子用的是一般过去时，所以空格处的动词短语也要用一般过去时。故选A。