2014年大学英语四级改错练习11

　　Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if --71.

　　you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book a

　　present. You may even have entered the shop

　　just to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72.

　　Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally

　　unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick

　　up a book with an attractive dust jacket is

　　irresistible, even this method of selection ought --73.

　　not to be followed, as you might end up with a

　　rather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74.

　　some book or other, and usually it is only much

　　later that you realise you have spent far much --75.

　　time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten

　　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 where it is

　　impossible to do this. A music shop is very much --76.

　　like a bookshop. You can wander round such places

　　to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no

　　assistant will approach to you with the inevitable --77.

　　greeting: "Can I help you, Sir?" You needn't buy

　　anything if you don't want. In a bookshop an

　　assistant should remain the background until you --78.

　　have finished browsing. Then, only then, are his

　　services necessary. Of course, you may want to

　　find out where a particular section is, since when he --79.

　　has led you there, the assistant should retire

　　discreetly and look as he is not interested in --80.

　　selling a single book.

　　答案：

　　71. if -- whether

　　72. (away) from

　　73. (even) although

　　74. bored -- boring

　　75. (far) too

　　76. impossible -- possible

　　77. /

　　78. (remain) in

　　79. since -- but

　　80. (as) if