You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anythin

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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. [br] (7)

选项 A、presentation
B、pretext
C、prelude
D、prescription

答案 C

解析 语义线索题。该空格的后一句提到Full ownership comes,所以此处还不是真正的拥有,只有prelude“前奏”符合上下文语义,即本句意为“……拥有该书的第一步”,故C正确。presentation表示“介绍,陈述,赠送”;pretext表示“借口,托辞”;prescription表示“指示,规定,命令,处方”。
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