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【題目】In 1638，John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was

named for John Harvard.

Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 libraries in the American colonies.However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731，Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.

In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

【1】The main idea of the second paragraph is .

A. Franklin started the first subscription library

B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members

C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

【2】The underlined word "borrow" means .

A. read and write with no help from another person

B. use for a short time and then return

C. like very much

D. lend

【3】The passage does not say it，but we can guess that .

A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

【4】Harvard University began .

A. in 1731 B. in 1730

C. in 1833 D. in 1638

【5】At the library that Franklin started, .

A. people could use books for no money at all

B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D. both A and B

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】本文介紹了美國圖書館的來歷。Thomas Bray 在17世紀末創(chuàng)辦了第一家免費借閱的圖書館。在1773年Benjamin Franklin和他的一些朋友創(chuàng)辦了第一家會員圖書館。在1833年，在Peterborough, New Hampshire建立了一家用稅收買書的圖書館，大家可以免費借書。

【1】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 libraries in the American colonies.和In 1731，Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States.可知Bray 和Franklin都創(chuàng)辦了圖書館，因此他們對美國的公眾圖書館的歷史都很重要。故選C。

【2】B

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)In a subscription library people pay money to become members,可知成為圖書館的會員，應是可以借書，因此使用一段時間就歸還，故選B。

【3】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries.可知在美國有免費的圖書館之前有免費的學校，故選A。

【4】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)In 1638，John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was

named for John Harvard.可知在1638年，John Harvard給一所新學校捐錢和書，建立哈佛大學的圖書館，以至于這個學校以哈佛來命名，因此哈佛大學開始于1638年。故選A。

【5】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.可知在Franklin創(chuàng)辦的圖書館里，開始付錢成為會員，以后借書就不花錢，故選B。