Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a 36place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They 37various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was 38 that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more 39to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language - new books, ancient books, 40a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.

She had asked the government for 41 to move the books to a 42 place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. 43 , she brought books home every night, 44 her car late after work. Her friends came to 45 her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant 46to hide some books. All through the 47, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, 48 them over the seven-foot wall and 49 them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war 50 . Then nine days laters, a fire burned the 51 to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the 52left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be 53again while the city was 54 . 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 55peace and a new library.

36.

A．

meeting

B．

working

C．

personal

D．

religious

37.

A．

raised

B．

handled

C．

reported

D．

discussed

38.

A．

worried

B．

angry

C．

doubtful

D．

curious

39.

A．

practical

B．

precious

C．

reliable

D．

expensive

40.

A．

then

B．

still

C．

even

D．

rather

41.

A．

permission

B．

confirmation

C．

explanation

D．

information

42.

A．

large

B．

public

C．

distant

D．

safe

43.

A．

Fortunately

B．

Surprisingly

C．

Seriously

D．

Secretly

44.

A．

starting

B．

parking

C．

filling

D．

testing

45.

A．

stop

B．

help

C．

warn

D．

rescue

46.

A．

intended

B．

pretended

C．

happened

D．

agreed

47.

A．

war

B．

night

C．

building

D．

way

48.

A．

put

B．

opened

C．

passed

D．

threw

49.

A．

hid

B．

exchanged

C．

burnt

D．

distributed

50.

A．

approached

B．

erupted

C．

continued

D．

ended

51.

A．

restaurant

B．

library

C．

city

D．

wall

52.

A．

neighbours

B．

soldiers

C．

friends

D．

customers

53.

A．

sold

B．

read

C．

saved

D．

moved

54.

A．

occupied

B．

bombed

C．

quiet

D．

busy

55.

A．

dreamed of

B．

believed in

C．

cared about

D．

looked for