【完形填空"Twobookspervisitperweek"saidtheunsmilinglibrarianasshehandedalibrarycard.Neitherthelimitsnorherattitude__1__mea9yearoldJewishgirlgrowingupinBerlininthe1950s.Ineededt】
完形填空 "Twobookspervisitperweek"saidtheunsmilinglibrarianasshehandedalibrarycard.Neitherthe
limitsnorherattitude__1__mea9yearoldJewishgirlgrowingupinBerlininthe1950s.Ineededthose
visits.Thebookswerefilledwithstoriesinwhichhowever__2__thingsseemedeverything__3__well
intheend__4__justicebraveryandwisdom-astrikingcontrasttomyeverydayexperiences.
ThirtyyearslaterIarecentimmigranttotheUSwithadaughteraged13stoodinfrontofanotherlibrarian.Thislibrarianwas__5__.
"Whatdidshesay?"IaskedmydaughterwhoalreadyknewalittleEnglishandoften__6__asmy
interpreter.
"Shesaid'CanIhelpyou?'"
"AskiftheyhaveanybooksinGerman"Irequested.
"Notheydon't."translatedmydaughter.
WhilehuntingforajobIwastoldthatthelibraryneededpeopleto__7__books.Theinterviewwas
short-thejobdidn'trequiremuchEnglishjusta__8__ofthealphabet.Istartedthenextday.EverydayI
handledhundredsofbookswhosemeaningwas__9__frommementallydividingthembysizeandcolor.
OnedaywhileshelvingIfoundEnglishforBeginnersandbeganstudyingitonmyown.Stepbystep
EnglishlettersstartedformingwordsIcould__10__wordscombinedintophrasesand-oh__11__!-I
wasreading.Itwasaslowprocesssupportedbydictionariesand__12__bytearsbutitwasprogress.
AfterwardsIgotpromotedtothefrontdesk-__13__booksinandoutandansweringsimplequestions.
EverydayIreceivedozensofpeople.SometimesIspotnewimmigrants.Theycomefromalloverthe
worldsotheylookdifferentbutthehesitantexpressionontheirfacesandtheir__14__mannersare
similar.Myheartgoesouttothemfortheyarepeoplelikeme.Ifullyunderstandthe__15__roadson
whichtheyhavestepped."They'vecometotherightplace"Ithinktomyself.ThenIsmileandsay-justthe
wayalibrariansaidtomealongtimeago-"CanIhelpyou?"( )1.A.surprised
( )2.A.attractive
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