2008年12月大学英语四级A卷真题+答案（十一）

A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural______47_F_____for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn______48_K____ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to ____49 H_____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __50 G_____ of human experiences and come to ___51 N____ other ways of thought and living. And while ____52 I____ their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the ___53 B__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.

Books provide ___54 A_____ material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __55 O____their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 M___. The social and educational significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.