Earlier this year, I moved into a suburb of Atlanta. I decided to _________ the area on foot. On my walks, as I admired the range of residential _________, I also admired another type of house: Little Free Libraries. I’d seen them all over Atlanta and _________ it’d be fun to build my own, but when I looked at the website’s official map, it turned out there were already a handful nearby. _________, I decided to seek each of them out.
I’ve since found six sites of these free book _________. Without them, I would never have been able to “meet” people in my community. I quickly _________ my neighbors’ reading tastes, sorting through their small boxes of books. Each library is unique and shows the _________ of the person who built it, with _________ colors and designs. These Little Free Libraries are also the perfect way to _________ conversations with strangers.
Since the pandemic began, Little Free Libraries have become a lifeline for many. They don’t __________ social distancing and everything is on an honor system. People __________ a book in exchange and some libraries have even become __________ food pantries (食品储藏柜) for people in need. In all the __________ they’ve taken on, these libraries have brought people together in a sense, especially when it feels like everything is trying to __________ us. Beyond conversation starters and personality __________, Little Free Libraries find common ground — a precious thing, pandemic or not.
1.A.explore | B.search | C.measure | D.clean |
2.A.district | B.setting | C.development | D.architecture |
3.A.promised | B.explained | C.thought | D.proved |
4.A.Secretly | B.Fortunately | C.Naturally | D.Cautiously |
5.A.exchanges | B.giveaways | C.reservations | D.publications |
6.A.corrected | B.learned | C.improved | D.satisfied |
7.A.appearance | B.expression | C.health | D.personality |
8.A.standard | B.ordinary | C.varying | D.new |
9.A.go on with | B.strike up | C.break in on | D.act out |
10.A.require | B.permit | C.deserve | D.guarantee |
11.A.leave | B.order | C.edit | D.write |
12.A.fancy | B.traditional | C.private | D.temporary |
13.A.subjects | B.burdens | C.forms | D.risks |
14.A.inform | B.persuade | C.surprise | D.divide |
15.A.balancers | B.indicators | C.testers | D.separators |