A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. Theymeet the natural 47 for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners,therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need.Readers turn 48 to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, theireagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to 49 from their own limitedenvironment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their readingthey find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was andit is now. They are presented with a 50 of human experiences and come to 51 other ways ofthought and living. And while 52 their own relationships and responses to life, the readers oftenfind that the 53 in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify andgive significance to their own.

　　Books provide 54 material for readers' imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuablequality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination,books 55 their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure 56 . Thesocial and educational significance of the readers' books cannot be overestimated in anacademic library.

　　A) abundant

　　B) characters

　　C) communicating

　　D) completely

　　E) derive

　　F) desire

　　G) diversity

　　H) escape I) establishing

　　J) narrow

　　K) naturally

　　L) personnel

　　M) properly

　　N) respect

　　O) widen

　　答案解析：

　　47. 【答案】 D)。

　　【精析】 動(dòng)詞辨認(rèn)題。空格處缺少動(dòng)詞原形。根據(jù)句意，意為"聲稱"。 D)claim比較隨意，可以表示"個(gè)人的聲明，宣稱";claim to do表示"宣稱做某事"。A)accomplish"完成";F)declare"宣布(法律、公告等)，聲明";M)regret"遺憾，抱歉"，詞義不符。

　　48. 【答案】 H)。

　　【精析】 句法推斷題。空格位于系動(dòng)詞was之后，介詞to之前，因此缺少形容詞或者過(guò)去分詞，可用于be...to 的搭配。be limited to表示"局限于"。 L)reduced表示"減少"，不能與to搭配。

　　49. 【答案】 O)。

　　【精析】 副詞辨認(rèn)題。用于形容詞之前，空格處缺少副詞。根據(jù)句意，表示"完全地"。選項(xiàng)中的另一個(gè)副詞E)constantly"經(jīng)常地"，不符合句意。

　　50. 【答案】 G)。

　　【精析】 名詞辨析題。空格處缺少名詞，與research并列，因此選擇G)interviews"采訪"。選項(xiàng)中的另三個(gè)名詞C)balloon"氣球"， J)moments"時(shí)刻"， K)news"新聞，消息"，不符合句意，排除。

　　51. 【答案】 M)。

　　【精析】 名詞辨析題。空格前有形容詞considerable，這里需要填名詞。regret"抱歉，遺憾"。

　　52. 【答案】 J)。

　　【精析】 名詞辨析題。空格位于形容詞bad之后，需要名詞，根據(jù)句意，這里表示"沮喪、糟糕的時(shí)候"。

　　53. 【答案】 B)。

　　【精析】 形容詞辨析題。空格位于名詞bookings之前，缺少形容詞或者過(guò)去分詞。修飾bookings"預(yù)約"，所填詞應(yīng)表示"提前的"。其他分詞、形容詞選項(xiàng)L)reduced"減少的"，N) scary"引起驚慌的"，意義不符。

　　54. 【答案】 N)。

　　【精析】 名詞辨析題。空格處需要形容詞，表示"令人害怕的，引起驚慌的"。

　　55. 【答案】 C)。

　　【精析】 動(dòng)詞辨析題。空格位于不定冠詞之后，因此缺少名詞。根據(jù)句意應(yīng)選C)balloon"氣球"。

　　56. 【答案】 A)。

　　【精析】 動(dòng)詞辨析題。空格位于情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can之后，名詞wonders之前，缺少動(dòng)詞原形。根據(jù)句意A)accomplish"實(shí)現(xiàn), 完成"符合句意。