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10. A. slow B. turn C. keep D. take 10.

II. Read the following passage and complete it by filling each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your

answers in the numbered boxes for answers.

THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA

Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (1) ____________

there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to

(2)____________. But in the days when books were copied by hand (3) ____________ than printed,

libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were

(4)____________ fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (5) ____________ all, that

in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number (6) ____________ considered huge. It

was the first time that anyone had ever collected so many books from all around the world

(7)____________ one roof. There are many theories about how these books were lost. (8) ____________

is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books

to (9) ____________ burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them.

(10) ____________ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost

forever - some books were never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library contained.

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