2014年公共英语四级考试完型填空考前练习(10)

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　　We know we have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything.Making up is also a useful practice,_1__ you shouldn't mark up a book which isn't yours.Librarian who_2__ you books expect you to keep them clean,and you should .If you decide that I am right about the usefulness of marking books,you will have to _3__ them.

　　There are two ways in _4__ one can own a book.The first is the property right you establish by _5__ it,just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But the act of purchase is only the prelude to __6_.Full ownership comes only when you have made it a _7__ of yourself,and the best way _8__ yourself a part of it is by writing in it.An illustration may make the point clear.You buy a beefsteak and transfer it __9_ the butcher's icebox to you own.But you don't own the beefsteak in the most important sense until you comsume it and get it _10__ your bloodstream.I am arguing that books,too,must be absored in tour bloodstream _11__ you any good.

　　There are three kinds of book owners.The first has all the standard sets and best sellers—unread,__12_.The second has a _13__ many books —few of them read__14_,most of them dipped into,but all of them as clean and shiny _15__ the day they were bought.The third has a few books or many—every one of them__16_ and dilapidated.

　　Why is __17_ a book indispensable to reading?First,it keeps you awake.I mean wide_18__.In the second place,reading if it is active,is thinking,and thinking __19_ express itself in words.Finally,writing helps you remember the thought you had,ot the thoughts the author _20__ .

　　1) A but B although C and D so

　　2) A borrow B borrrowed C lend D lent

　　3) A buying B buy C borrow D exchange

　　4) A which B that C what D there

　　5) A pay for B pay C paying D paying for

　　6) A possesses B possess C possession D possessions

　　7) A group B part C series D number

　　8) A to change B to make C making D changing

　　9) A from B into C to D form

　　10) A away from B out of C into D under

　　11) A having doing B doing C do D to do

　　12) A untouching B untouched C touching D touched