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We buy books, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even yea

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问题     We buy books, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even years. Books are【C1】______ 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【C2】______ their new authors into the market—"The Books That Can’t Wait", which seeks to【C3】______ bonds between first-time writers and their readers by getting their books read quickly.
    What’s that? They developed the【C4】______ kind of ink, an ink that starts to disappear when it comes in contact with light and air. Then they printed a【C5】______ 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【C6】______ giving first-time author’s the attention they need to survive.
    They【C7】______ "The Book That Can’t Wait" for the critics and the press. The invention was【C8】______ 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. They【C9】______ received thousands of requests for the book.
    This time they had the【C10】______ 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 [br] 【C9】
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答案 O
解析 空格所在句句子结构完整，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。
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