在情景对话中填入适当的单词

1 W:  Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue（目录）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.

2 A:  Nowadays, doctors can do a great job transplanting organs such as the heart. As m___1__ science develops, I am sure that it will be several years b_2_____ doctors are able to  transplant human brains. B:  I think you are right about that, but transplanting brains and transplanting memories are not a___3___ the same. A:  Why not? Our memories are in our brain, aren’t they? B:  Yes. But it is not clear whether the memories will still be there if you transplant the brain. A:  Well, I s_____4_ so. Why shouldn’t they? B:  They may still be there. B___5___, in what other way could we then transplant memories? A:  Memories may be downloaded like a c___6____. B:  Oh, what you said is b__7__ my imagination. But how would that a__8_____ our society? A:  Well, it would be great. We could c9___ down all schools. People would not need to learn any more because k10___ could also be transplanted.