Question

 

W: Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue（目錄）for

quite a （1.） w______．Is there anything I can do to help you?

M: Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling．There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know （2.） w_____ to begin.

W: Your topic sounds pretty big．Why don’t you narrow it down to something like…uh… the history of the studios during that time?

M: You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more than 30 books came up when I （3.） t_____ in “movie studios.”

W: You could cut that down even further by listing the specific （4.） y_____ you want．Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”

M: “Golden Age” is a good idea．Let me type that in．Hey, look, just 6 books this time．That’s a lot better.

W: Oh… another thing you might consider．Have you tried looking for any （5.） m_______ or newspaper articles?

M: No, I’ve only been （6.） s________ for books.

W: Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature．And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there．You might go （7.） t________ their indexes （索引） to see if there’s （8.） a_______ you want.

M: Okay, I think I’ll get （9.） s_______ with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.

W: If you need any （10.） h_____, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.

M: Great, thanks a lot．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.while       

2.where      

3.typed       

4.years       

5.magazine

6.searching     

7.through    

8.anything    

9.started    

10.help