短文缺词填空(填写完整的单词) (共10分，每小题1分)

   For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed reading. My poor childhood home had f 51 books,but my parents,book-lovers themselves,took me along to the public library where I could borrow books for f 52 .

   Later,as a teenager with a Saturday job,I m 53 to buy books for the first time. Now I have boxes of books locked away in a garage (车库) in London and several hundred in China. It will be a big problem for me to take them back to London when finally I r 54 home.

   Of course,I buy books to read. Also,some of my favourites have a special m 55 to me. Every timeI pick one of them up,it will take me back to a particular time and place in my life: my first year in college,an unforgettable Christmas... so many books,so many m 56.

   I always enjoy buying books. I have s 57 much time in bookshops,looking for those books that I m 58 take home and read.

   When I am old,I will stay at home with books,watching them growing taller and taller in my flat u 59 the place is so crowded (拥挤) that I can hardly (几乎不) move around. I won’t m 60 because books have always been my best friends.

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50. 这个小人和我的小拇指一样大。

The tiny man was my little finger.

49. 你不需要来我们的图书馆，在网上续借就可以了。

You come to our library; just renew them online.

48. 我想要一些历史书，但不知道在哪儿可以找到它们。

I want some history books,but I don't know .

47. 阅读是忙碌一天之后放松的好方式，它还可以为你开启一个全新的世界。

Reading is a good way . It can also. 

46. 在我们的船触礁后，我尽可能向远处游去。

After our ship the rocks,I swam.

45. 1 will not forget such meaningful (experience) during my trip to Mount Huang.

43. Hard work is the key to (successful) .

44. Celine Dion is a famous (Canada) singer.

42. She had a bad cold last week,so she was (able) to join the swimming competition.

41. The little boy thinks snakes are the (ugly) animals in the world.