摘要：I was born and grew up in the small town of Peneville, which I left at the age of sixteen. Twenty years 1 I found myself back on a visit. I went to see my old friend Tom Clark, who, 2 as ever, was head of a readers’ club. He was busy getting ready to welcome a famous writer, who had been 3 to come to give a talk on novels at the public library that very evening. Since I happened to have read a book or two by this famous writer, when Tom asked me to go with him, I 4 accepted. Tom was going to introduce the writer to the audience. So we went to the library a little 5 to welcome him. 6 the writer hadn’t arrived yet, I left Tom and went into the reading room. A large number of people had already been there. I was sorry to find that I didn’t know a single person. So I found a 7 in the corner and sat quietly waiting. When it was just about time for the 8 to begin, I saw Tom standing at the door making a sign for 9 to come out. He looked 10 something, so I got up right away and went to him. He said that he had just had a telephone call from the writer. He had 11 his flight and would not be arriving! 12 we were thinking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me if I 13 mind giving a talk instead of the writer. I 14 had time to think about it when all at once I found I was being pushed back into the reading room to 15 to the waiting audience!1. A. ago B. later C. earlier D. before

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