Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____1____ place for all who loved books and liked toshare knowledge. They ____2____ various matters all over the world. When thewar was near, Alia was ____3____ that the fires of war would destroy thebooks, which are more ___4_____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are inevery language — new books, ancient books, ____5____ a book on the history of Iraq that is sevenhundred years old.
She had asked the government for ____6____ tomove the books to a ____7____ place, but they refused. So Alia tookmatters into her own hands. ____8____ , she brought books home every night, ____9____ hercar late after work. Her friends came to ___10_____ herwhen the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ____11____ to hide some books. All through the ____12____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours tookthe books from the library, ____13____ them over the seven-foot wall and ____14____ themin the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war ____15____ .Then nine days laters, a fire burned the ____16____ to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the ____17____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knewthat if the books were to be safe, they must be ___18_____ again while the city was ____19____ .So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in thesuburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____20____ peace and a new library.
考查形容词。A. meeting 会议的；B. working 工作的；C. personal 个人的；D. religious 虔诚的。根据后文for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge，可知图书馆是为那些喜爱书，喜欢分享知识的人而建立的，故选A。
考查动词。A. raised 举起。B. handled处理。C. reported 报告。D. discussed 讨论。根据语境，应该是他们讨论时间大事。故选D。
考查形容词。A.worried担心；B.angry生气；C.doubtful怀疑的；D.curious好奇的。根据后文“So Alia took matters into her own hands”，Alia用双手搬书，可知“Alia was ___that the fires of war would destroy the books”,Alia担心战火会破坏书。故选A。
考查形容词。A.practical实践的；B.precious珍贵的；C.reliable可靠的；D.expensive昂贵的。根据后文“which are more__to her than mountains of gold”,由more可知，是将书与金山作比较，可见书的珍贵性。故选B。
考查副词。A.then然后；B.still仍然；C.even甚至；D.rather稍微。根据“a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old”,这本关于伊拉克历史的书已经有了七百年的历史，因此是比较宝贵的，与前面“new books,ancient books”是一种层次上的上升与递进关系。故选C。
考查名词。A.permission许可；B.confirmation确认；C.explanation解释；D.information信息。根据“She had asked the government for to move the books to aplace”,可知她想获得政府的许可，将书转移到安全的地方。故选A。
考查形容词。A.large大的；B.public公共的；C.distant遥远的；D.safe安全的。根据“She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a__place”,她想获得政府的许可，将书转移到（ ）的地方。故选D。
考查副词。A.Fortunately幸运地；B.Surprisingly惊奇地；C.Seriously严重地；D.Secretly秘密地。根据“she brought books home every night”,可知她是在秘密地转移书籍。故选D。
考查动词。A. Starting开始；B.parking停车；C.filling装满；D.testing测试。根据“__her car late after work”,可知，在工作之后，她的车都被书装满的。故选C。
考查动词。A.stop停止；B.help帮助；C.warn警告；D.rescue营救。根据后文“Anis who owned a restaurant to hide some books.”可知，她的朋友们都过来帮她转移书。故选B。
考查动词。A.stop停止；B.help帮助；C.warn警告；D.rescue营救。根据后文“Anis who owned a restaurant to hide some books.”可知，她的朋友们都过来帮她转移书。故选B。
考查名词。A. war 战争。B. night 夜晚。C. building楼房。D. way方法。根据前文he brought books home every night，所以与之相对应All through the 47， 故选B。
考查固定短语。A. put放。B. opened打开。C. passed通过。D. threw扔。根据the-seven-foot七英尺的墙，可知，他们是越过pass over，故选C。
考查动词。A. hid隐藏B. exchanged交换C.burnt 燃烧D. distributed分发。根据 48 them over the seven-foot wall and 49 them in the restaurant有and可知前后句是并列关系。故选A。
考查动词。A. approached 接近；B. erupted 爆发；C. continued D. ended 结束。由后文“Then nine days laters, a fire burned the 51 to the ground.”可知，战争仍在继续。故选C。
考查名词。A. restaurant 饭店；B. library 图书馆；C. city 城市；D. wall 墙壁。根据后文“Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library”可知原来的图书馆已经损毁，所以“a fire burned the 51 to the ground.”战火蔓延到了图书馆。故选B。
考查名词。A. neighbours 邻居；B. soldiers 士兵；C. friends 朋友；D. customers 顾客。“the bombing stopped and the 52 lef”，and连接两个并列句，轰炸停止，与之相对应的是，士兵离开了。故选B。
考查动词。A. sold 卖；B. read 阅读；C. saved救；D. moved 移动。根据“So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区)”，可知，她决定要再次移动书。故选D。
考查形容词。A. occupied 占据；B. bombed 轰炸；C. quiet 安静的；D. busy 忙的。“the bombing stopped and the soldiers left”根据语境，战争刚结束，城市应该很安静。
考查动词词组。A. dreamed of 梦想；B. believed in 相信；C. cared about 关心；D. looked for 寻找。根据“Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library.”可知，她期望和平的到来。故选A。