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Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (68)________there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (69)________. But in the days when books were copied by hand (70)________than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (71)________all, that in Alexandia had 54,000 books.

In the ancient world, this number (72)________considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (73)________one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (74)________is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (75)________happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever, some books were never recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.

Question 74

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________to the party, they could hardly refuse to go.

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It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.

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‘Don’t touch that flower”, the old lady said to the boy.

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The bomb________with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.

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When we arrived at the airport,________.

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He had a portrait________as a birthday present for his daughter.

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If people drove more carefully, there________fewer accidents.

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I________ my former teacher for over 10 years.

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I understand your point of view.________, I don’t agree with you.

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 It is the writing English that causes difficulties to foreigners.

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Jane. “Do you think it's going to rain”. Mary. “________”.

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You are always driving your car such fast that you often cause accidents.

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Seldom did her classmates and she go on a picnic with together.

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Don’t be concerned about your mother’s illness; she’ll recover soon.

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________does it take you to go to school? - About half an hour