You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally im

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问题     You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the (1)______ of your reading. I want to persuade you to "write between the lines".(2)______ you do, you are not likely to do the most(3)______ kind of reading.
    I(4)______, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.
    There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the (5)______ right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture.(6)______ this act of purchase is only the(7)______ to possession. Full ownership comes (8)______ you have made it a part of yourself, and the best(9)______ to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. A(n)(10)______ may make the point clear. You buy a beefsteak and (11)______ it from the butcher’s icebox to your own. But you do not own the beefsteak in the most important sense until you(12)______ it and get it into your bloodstream. I am arguing that books, too, must be(13)______ in your bloodstream to do you(14)______.
    There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard (15)______ and best-sellers — unread, untouched. The second has(16)______ books — a few of them read through, most of them(17)______, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they(18)______. The third has a few books or many — every one of them dog-eared and dilapidated, shaken and (19)______ by continual use, marked and(20)______ in from front to back. This man owns books.
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选项 A、lost
B、vibrated
C、loosened
D、missed

答案C

解析 语义线索题。根据该空格后的by continual use可知,此处应填入表示书的破旧程度之类的词,loosened“松开的”对应前文的dog-eared“卷角的”,dilapidated“毁坏的”和shaken“松动的”。故C正确。lost表示“丧失的,错过的”;vibrated表示“振动的,摇摆的”;missed表示“未得到的,未达到的”。
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