Part
3
Reading and Writing
VI. Reading comprehension
A. Choosing the best answer.
One day , when I was a librarian at View Ridge School, a fourth grade teacher came to me. She
had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge.鈥淐ould he help
in the library
锛熲�?nbsp;she asked. I said, 鈥淪end him along.鈥?/p>
Soon a boy i
n jeans and a T颅shirt appeared.鈥淒o you have a job for me锛熲�?nbsp;he asked.
I
told
him
about
the
system
for
putting
books
on
the
shelves
.He
picked
up
the
idea
immediately. Then I showed him a pile of cards for long颅overdue books that I was beginning to
think had actually been returned but were mis-shelved with the wrong cards in them. He said
锛屸�淚s
it kind of a detective job?鈥?nbsp;I answered yes, and he began his work.
He
had
found
three
books
with
wrong
cards
by
the
time
his
teacher
opened
the
door
and
announced
锛?/p>
鈥淭ime
for break!鈥?nbsp;He argued for finishing the finding job; she made the case for fresh
air.
She won
.
The next morning, he arrived early. 鈥淚 want to finish these books, 鈥漢e said. At the end of the
day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis, it was easy to say yes. He worked hard.
After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy鈥檚 home. At the
end of a pleasant evening, his mother announced that the family would be moving to a nearby
school district. Her son鈥檚 first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library.鈥淲ho will find
the lost books? 鈥?nbsp;he asked.