Passage Nine
A bookless life is a / an _1_ life. Books influence the depth and _2_ of life. They meet the natural desire for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the _3_ of their need. Readers turn naturally to books because their _4_ concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to _5_ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a / an 6 of human experiences and come to respect other ways of thought and living. And while _7_ their own relationships and responses to life, the readers often find that the characters in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide _8_ material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books _9_ their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure properly. The social and _10_ significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
Passage Ten
Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients _1_ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of _2_ and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain _3_ . Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in _4_ a person’s well-being. We know that chronic （慢性的）pain can disrupt a person’s life, causing problems that _5_ from missed work to depression.
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who _6_ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social issues related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often _7_ the work of social workers, psychiatrists （精神病 医生 ） and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern respect for pain management has _8_ to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a _9_ number of drugs available, and many of them caused significant side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped _10_ the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.
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