第二篇： Error Correction （15 minutes）

　　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