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On Books
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from / what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness. / A good book often serves as a match to light the powder within us / and wake up our latent possibilities. / We form many of our opinions from our favorite books. / The author whom we prefer is our best teacher: / we look at the world through his eyes. ! If we habitually read books that are elevating in tone, / pure in style, sound in reasoning, and keen in sight, / our minds develop the same characteristics. / If, on the contrary, we read weak or vicious books, / our minds contract the faults and vices of the books. / We can't escape the influence of what we read / any more than we can escape the influence of the air that we breathe. ! Whatever you read, learn to absorb the most knowledge / and convert it into character. /
【听写难点】suggestiveness启发;serves as起作用;latent潜在的;habitually习惯性地;elevating有教育意义的，高尚的：sound in reasonin9符合逻辑推理;vicious邪恶的，堕落的;contract染上;convert转变。
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation.
W: Hi, Zach.
M: Hey, Lisa. What are you doing here?
W: I work here on weekends. How come you decided to come to the travel agency? Planning a trip?
M: Yeah, well, you know our breaks are coming, and I need a quick getaway trip somewhere.
W: Well, someone's got the money to burn. But [2] we hardworking students need a break too.
M: I'm going to tell you up-front Lisa. It's not what you think. I'm on a tight budget like everyone else here but I've got to get out of this town for a while.
W: where to?
M: Florida, maybe. I'll go to see a Miami Dolphin football game.
W: And [1] you need a flight for next week? Well, you are the one who leaves things to the last minute but hmm… let me take a look in the screen... United got one to Miami but a bit expensive so let me see if there's anything else available.
M: Preferably below $400 for return, can you swing it?
W: One by Phoenix Air for $350. [3]It's a small plane though. Are you sure you don't want me to check again for other flights. It would only take a second.
M: No, that sounds within my range.
W: All fight. Just let me phone in and confirm the times.
Keys: 1. [D] 2. [C] 3. [A]