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Passage 12
We buy books, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even years. Books are _1_. That’s OK for books, but not for new authors. If people don’t read their first books，they’ll never make it to a second.
That’s why Eterna Cadencia, an independent publisher and book store, decided to create something different to _2_ their new authors into the market-“The Books That Can’t Wait”, which seeks to _3_ bonds between first-time writers and their readers by getting their books read quickly.
What’s that? They developed the _4_ kind of ink, an ink that starts to disappear when it comes in contact with light and air. Then they printed a _5_ of works by the best new American Latin author, using this ink, to create a new kind of book—a book that lasts only two months once you open it This makes for an interesting approach to motivate book buyers to read books more __6__, giving first-time author’s the attention they need to survive.
They _7_ “The Book That Can’t Wait” for the critics and the press. The invention was _8_. Hundreds of people came to the bookstore to pick up their book. They gave away the entire first edition the very same day it was released. _9_ they received thousands of requests for the book.
This time they had the _10_ that their new authors were read. Then they are going to use the book as a platform for other different titles, because there’re a lot of literatures out there that don’t deserve to wait on the shelf. And theirs won’t wait at all.
A) promptly B) tolerant C) turbulent D) vanished
E) presented F) launch G) pledge H)triumphant
I) opaque J) collection K) guarantee L) occasionally
M) strengthen N) unique O) subsequently

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Passage 12
解题思路
1.[B]空格在be动词后，说明books的特点，应为作表语的名词、形容词或分词。根据上文的wait, days, months，years等词，可推断此处空格的词义与“时间”或“等待”有关，此处应选用tolerant，表示“书籍很有耐性地等待我们去读”。
2.[F]空格在不定式标记to后，应为动词原形。上一段提及新出道的作家经不起长时间的等待，这里则讲到Eterna Cadencia设法改善这种情况。动词launch可与into the market搭配，表示“推出新出道的作家，让他们进入市场”。
3.[M]空格在不定式标记to之后，应为动词原形。空格后的“使读者更快读完他们的书”提示，“The Books That Can’t Wait”对读者和新出道的作家之间的联系起积极的作用，故选用strengthen“增强”。
4.[N]空格在定冠词the和名词之间，应为名词、形容词或分词作定语，概括ink的特点。这种墨汁在接触光和空气后会逐渐消失，据此可见，这种墨汁很特别，unique符合文中语境。
5.[J]空格在不定冠词a和介词of之间，应为名词。printed提示此处的名词应与某种印刷品有关，据此选collection一词。a collection of works 意为“作品集”。
6.[A]空格在比较级标记more之后，应为修饰不定式动词read的副词。根据上文对于墨汁和书的描述，可以推断这种书会让读者抓紧时间读书，赶在字体消失之前把书读完，此处选用promptly最为合适。
7.[E]空格在主语和宾语之间，应为动词充当句子谓语。本段与上一段都使用了过去时态，故该空格也应是动词过去式。此处应选用presented,表示“他们把《不能等的书》赠送给评论家和新闻界”。
8.[H]空格在be动词后，可为名词、形容词或分词作表语，说明该发明怎样。根据后一句提到的“许多人跑去书店买书”可知,新发明的这种书占有了市场，应该是成功的，故此处选用triumphant最为合适。
9.[O]空格位于句子开头，其后被逗号与句子其他部分隔开,可见空格应为副词。上一句提到，第一版书在发行当天就全部售完；本句则说出版商接到了许多订单。此处应选用subsequently“随后”，表明前后句子谓语动作发生的先后顺序。
10.[K]空格在定冠词the之后，应为名词。本题应从词库中选用guarantee,该句意为：现在他们有了“保障”新出道的作家的作品不会被束之高阁的方法。词库中其他名词与上下文语义不符。