Book Shops in London

Londoners are great readers.Theybuy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books一specially paperbacks,which are stillcomparatively cheap in spite of ever-

increasing rises in

the costs ofprinting. They still continue to buy"proper"books,too,printed on goodpaper and bound between hard covers.

There are manystreets in Londoncontaining shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known ofthese is Charring Cross Roadin the very heart of

London.Herebookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found,from the celebrated one whichboasts of being"the biggest bookshop in the world"to the tiny,dustylittle places

which seem to havebeen left over from Dicken's time. Some of these shops stock,or will obtain,anykind of book,but many of them specialize in second-hand books,in art

books,in foreignbooks,in books on philosophy,politics or any other of the myriad subjects aboutwhich books may be written.One shop in this area specializes solely in books

about ballet.

Although it may bethe most convenient place for Londoners to buy books,Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest.For the really cheap second-hand volumes,the collector

must venture off thebeaten track,to Farringdon Road,for example,in the East Central district ofLondon.Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops.Instead,the

booksellers comealong each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动集售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）.And the collectors,some

professional andsome amateur, who have been waiting for them,pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）.In places like this one can still, occasionally,

pick up for a fewpence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.If you want to buyreally cheap second-hand books,you must________.

A.venture in a mostbusy street

B.venture away froma busy street

C.take the risk ofbeing beaten off the street

D.take the risk ofwasting time to hunt them in less noticeable street