题目内容：

When my wife and I decided to open our bookstore in 2012, we were a little ____.

The challenges facing small bookstores were—and remain— ____. Aside from the obvious ____ in online selling, the increase in the popularity of e-books has had a（n）____ effect on independent providers.

The question is why a new, small-scale（小规模的）provider would ____ enter such a（n）____ market?

From a personal view, our reasoning was sound: we wanted to ____ our love of great books and reading for pleasure with as many ____ people as possible.

Having done our homework, one thing became ____. In order for us to succeed, we would have to offer something that none of our larger competitors already provided.

And so we ____ the Willoughby Book Club. We set up our website in the summer of 2012—and we haven’t looked back.

The idea of ____ is simple. We offer a range of book subscription gift packages, ____ in three-, six- and 12-month options. Our customers ____ a package, tell us a little about the person they’re buying it for, and we use this information to ____ the（接收者）a hand-picked, gift-wrapped（包装的）book once a month.

We also recently decided to ____ one new book to Book Aid International for every gift subscription sold. These books are sent out to sub-Saharan Africa, ____ the educational work there.

Within four months of starting out, we won the Young Bookseller of the Year award at the 2013 Bookseller awards.

Our brief ____ from new booksellers to award receivers has been challenging and ____. The biggest thing we’ve learned is that, despite the ____ facing independent providers, there is a ____ for then in the UK market. It’s just a question of finding it.

1.A. proud    B. curious    C. worried    D. shocked

2.A. abrupt    B. significant    C. distant    D. potential

3.A. need    B. faith    C. change    D. rise

4.A. immediate    B. magical    C. harmful    D. equal

5.A. voluntarily    B. gradually    C. secretly    D. finally

6.A. active    B. global    C. promising    D. challenging

7.A. share    B. seek    C. enjoy    D. value

8.A. strong-minded    B. like-minded    C. open-minded    D. simple-minded

9.A. easy    B. clear    C. possible    D. safe

10.A. joined    B. visited    C. started    D. left

11.A. success    B. service    C. development    D. activity

12.A. affordable    B. acceptable    C. reliable    D. available

13.A. choose    B. design    C. provide    D. prepare

14.A. send    B. read    C. buy    D. order

15.A. pass    B. lend    C. give    D. return

16.A. guiding    B. following    C. continuing    D. supporting

17.A. journey    B. dream    C. business    D. attempt

18.A. tiring    B. rewarding    C. disappointing    D. interesting

19.A. chances    B. demands    C. pressures    D. judgements

20.A. prize    B. time    C. result    D. place