高中英语语法填空:短文题型能力练习 Test 7

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. 　61　 the reason, you can soon become totally 　62　 (aware) of your surroundings.

The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket（书皮，包书纸） is irresistible, 　63　 this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book.

You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some 　64　 (forget) appointment —without buying a book, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places 　65　 it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will apprach you with the 　66　 (evitable) greeting, “Can I help you, sir?” You finished browsing.

Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but 　67　 he has led you there, the assistant 　68　 (retire) carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

You have to be careful not to 　69　 (attract) by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste great deal of time 　70　 (wander) from section to section.