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
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