13.Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Bambamarca in Peru.He knew
how to read but he had never seen a book in his life.So he asked the new priest(牧師)in his village to give him one.But there was no electricity.So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.The next morning,he was at the door of the priest asking for another book to read.
John Medcalf,the priest,was moved.He also realised that people would love to read if given a chance.But he knew how difficult it was for Leonardo and those in his village to get books.And yet,no one can be taught to read and write without books.To make people in a poor,faraway area grow to love books,they have to be with them.So he thought the only way was to bring books to people.
But how could this be done?Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the rocky,hilly land of Peru.So what other method could be used?
M-call got a new idea from the barefoot(赤腳)doctors of China.And that was how
the barefoot librarians(圖書管理員)first appeared in the villages of northern Peru,almost thirty years ago.
The librarian s began by going from village to village,lending books to villagers.They helped start The 12ura1Library Network of Peru.
At first,they were teachers of the village schools which these faraway libraries belonged to.But the teachers were not very interested in the job because it meant a lot of hat work.
So,villagee lders took on the job themselves.
Today,th ere are 600village libraries across Peru.The barefoot librarians who walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books are their lifeline.
38.The first paragraph tells us that LeonardoD
A.had a lot of books
B.bought candles from others
C.stayed in the church
D.enjoyed reading books
39.The underlined word"this"in Paragraph 3probably refers to(指)B
A.to grow to love books
B.to bring books to people
C.to read and write
D.to build a new library
40.The passage doesn't mentionC
A,when the barefoot librarians appeared
B.who worked as village librarians at first
C.where Medcalf met Chinese doctors
D.how many village libraries Peru has today
41.It can be inferred(推斷)from the passage thatD.
A.the first church in Peru was set up by John Medcalf
B.car libraries used to be popular in Leonardo's village
C.teachers were interested in bringing books to villagers
D.the barefoot librarians are important to village libraries.
分析 本文是一篇記敘文.主要講述了在秘魯班巴馬卡地區(qū)的一個小山村里有個叫萊昂納多的孩子很喜歡讀書,對書的熱愛打動了牧師.怎么才能幫助這些山區(qū)的讀書愛好者呢?中國的赤腳醫(yī)生,給予了牧師靈感.從此在秘魯就出現(xiàn)了一批赤腳圖書管理員,帶著書一個村一個村的輪流轉(zhuǎn),供給山區(qū)的讀書愛好者輪流借閱.
解答 38.答案:D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.The next morning,he was at the door of the priest asking for another book to read."可知萊昂納多很喜歡讀書.故選D.
39.答案:B.詞義理解題.根據(jù)"So he thought the only way was to bring books to people."可知"But how could this be done?""怎么才能做的這一點呢"中的this指的是如何把書帶給人們.故選B.
40.答案:C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"Medcalf got a new idea from the barefoot(赤腳)doctors of China."只是介紹了中國的赤腳醫(yī)生給予了他靈感,并沒有提及什么時間見到的赤腳醫(yī)生.故選C.
41.答案:D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)"The barefoot librarians who walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books are their lifeline."可知這些赤腳圖書管理員對于村莊圖書館來說是很重要的,是他們的生命線.故選D.
點評 首先要仔細閱讀短文,掌握大意,然后結(jié)合具體的題目再讀短文,找出需要的信息,就可以確定正確答案.