题目内容：

    My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with ______ to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch ______ reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.

I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or ______ in the evening to read to me.  _______, every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his   ______. I can still hear my father’s voice ______ the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with ______. I can smell the soup made by my grandma and ______ my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always ______,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories  ______ me closer to the books and the stories they held.

One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small ______ in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday ______ my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re ______ enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.

In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us ______. Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me _______ myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones I’d ______ out. I remember that sometimes she’d ______ a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my ______ who were my comfort when I felt lonely.

Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the ______ to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my _____  of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.

1.A. anger B. worry C. desire D. interest

2.A. for B. before C. in D. until

3.A. ability B. ambition C. courage D. energy

4.A. Still B. Then C. Therefore D. Finally

5.A. workplace B. childhood C. farmland D. neighborhood

6.A. explaining B. describing C. introducing D. interpreting

7.A. living B. reading C. farming D. cooking

8.A. catch B. discover C. notice D. picture

9.A. busy B. poor C. hungry D. tired

10.A. laid B. drew C. taught D. left

11.A. library B. bookstore C. office D. club

12.A. saved B. changed C. tested D. anything

13.A. near B. ready C. old D. free

14.A. graduates B. regulars C. candidates D. communicators

15.A. surround B. familiarize C. examine D. reward

16.A. find B. lend C. check D. sign

17.A. write B. recommend C. study D. reserve

18.A. teachers B. assistants C. listeners D. companions

19.A. drive B. dream C. order D. chance

20.A. lesson B. time C. love D. plan