完形填空"Twobookspervisitperweek"saidtheunsmilinglibrarianasshehandedalibrarycard.Neitherthelimitsnorherattitude_1_mea9yearoldJewishgirlgrowingupinBerlininthe1950s.Ineededthosevisits

　　完形填空 "Twobookspervisitperweek"saidtheunsmilinglibrarianasshehandedalibrarycard.Neitherthe

　　limitsnorherattitude_1_mea9yearoldJewishgirlgrowingupinBerlininthe1950s.Ineededthose

　　visits.Thebookswerefilledwithstoriesinwhichhowever_2_thingsseemedeverything_3_wellinthe

　　end_4_justicebraveryandwisdom-astrikingcontrast(对比)tomyeverydayexperiences.

　　ThirtyyearslaterIarecentimmigranttotheUSwithadaughteraged13stoodinfrontofanother

　　librarian.Thislibrarianwas__5__.

　　"Whatdidshesay?"IaskedmydaughterwhoalreadyknewalittleEnglishandoften_6_asmy

　　interpreter.

　　"Shesaid'CanIhelpyou?'"

　　"Askiftheyhaveanybooksin_7_"Irequested.

　　"Notheydon't."translatedmydaughter.

　　WhilehuntingforajobIwastoldthatthelibraryneededpeopleto_8_books.Theinterviewwas

　　short－thejobdidn'trequiremuchEnglishjusta_9_ofthealphabet.Istartedthenextday.EverydayI

　　handledhundredsofbookswhosemeaningwas 10 frommementallydividingthembysizeandcolor. OnedaywhileshelvingIfoundEnglishforBeginnersandbeganstudyingitonmyown. 11 English

　　lettersstartedformingwordsIcould 12wordscombinedintophrasesand-oh 13 !-Iwasreading.It

　　wasaslowprocesssupportedbydictionariesand 14 bytearsbutitwasprogress.AfterwardsIgot

　　promotedtothefrontdesk- 15 booksinandoutandansweringsimplequestions.

　　EverydayIreceivedozensofpeople.SometimesIspotnewimmigrants.Theycomefromalloverthe

　　worldsotheylookdifferentbutthehesitantexpressionontheirfacesandtheir 16 mannersaresimilar. Myheartgoesouttothem 17 theyarepeoplelikeme.Ifullyunderstandthe 18 roadsonwhichthey

　　havestepped."They