The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  21  his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had  22   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just  23  the books in the outside return box. But there was a  24  :it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  25  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  26  in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to  27  Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in  28  — the library lights were off. The place was  29 . The doors had been shut. They  30  be opened from the inside. He was trapped(被困) — in a library!

He tried to  31  a telephone call, but was unable to  32 . What’s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

 34  he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “  35  ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.  36  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,  37  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to  38  .

He knew he had to  39  , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a  40  thing.

21. A. but                    B. because                   C. or                           D. since

22. A. ever                   B. nearly                     C. never               D. often

23. A. pass                   B. drop                               C. carry                D. take

24. A. problem            B. mistake                   C. case                 D. question

25. A. during               B. after                               C. over                 D. before

26. A. rest                    B. break                      C. walk                D. stop

27. A. visit                   B. meet                       C. catch                D. greet

28.A. delight                B. anger                      C. surprise                   D. eagerness

29. A. lonely                B. empty                     C. noisy                D. crowded

30. A. wouldn’t                   B. shouldn’t                 C. couldn’t                  D. needn’t

31. A. make                 B. fix                                 C. use                   D. pick

32. A. get on                B. get up                     C. get through               D. get in

33. A. If                             B. As                                  C. Though                   D. Until

34. A. On time                    B. Now and then                 C. By the way               D. At last

35. A. Come                B. Help                       C. Hello                      D. Sorry

36. A. Surely               B. Thankfully               C. Truly                      D. Gradually

37. A. at most              B. after all                   C. in short                   D. as usual

38. A. watch                B. play                        C. read                D. write

39. A. wait                   B. stand                       C. sleep               D. work

40. A. bad                    B. cool                        C. strange                    D. nice

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  1  his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had  2   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just  3  the books in the outside return box. But there was a  4  ; it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  5  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  6  in the toilet , he would be on his way to the playground to  7  Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in  8  — the library lights were off. The place was  9 . The doors had been shut. They  10  be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) — in a library!

He tried to  11  a telephone call, but was unable to  12 . What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  13  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

 14  he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “  15  ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.  16  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,  17  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to  18  .

He knew he had to  19  , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a  20  thing.

1. A. but               B. because               C. or                D. since

2. A. ever              B. nearly                 C. never             D. often

3. A. pass              B. drop                  C. carry              D. take

4. A. problem           B. mistake               C. case               D. question

5. A. during            B. after                  C. over               D. before

6. A. rest               B. break                 C. walk              D. stop

7. A. visit              B. meet                  C. catch              D. greet

8. A. delight            B. anger                 C. surprise            D. eagerness

9. A. lonely             B. empty                C. noisy              D. crowded

10. A. wouldn’t           B. shouldn’t              C. couldn’t           D. needn’t

11. A. make              B. fix                   C. use               D. pick

12. A. get on              B. get up                C. get through        D. get in

23. A. If                 B. As                   C. Though            D. Until

14. A. On time            B. Now and then          C. By the way         D. At last

15. A. Come              B. Help                 C. Hello              D. Sorry

16. A. Surely             B. Thankfully             C. Truly              D. Gradually

17. A. at most             B. after all               C. in short            D. as usual

18. A. watch              B. play                  C. read               D. write

19. A. wait               B. stand                 C. sleep               D. work

20. A. bad                B. cool                 C. strange              D. nice