There are many rules (制度) in the old libraries. For example, no photos, no drinking and no phones. But now a lot of libraries don’t have too many rules. They paint the rooms beautiful colors so readers would like to read there. There aren’t hard chairs in these libraries.

There are nice sofas in them. Some of them are open 24 hours every day. In the libraries in America,

readers can make a 1free call. That means that they don’t need to pay any money for making a call. In the kid’s library in Denmark, children can sleep there if it is too late. In some libraries in Australia, they have a kids’ “story time”. 2今天圖書館是孩子們娛樂和學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)的好去處。

任務(wù)（一）：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題。

1.Why do many libraries paint their rooms beautiful colors now?

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2.In which country do some libraries have a kids’ “story time”?

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任務(wù)（二）：請(qǐng)寫出1處下劃線黑體單詞“free”的漢語意思。

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任務(wù)（三）：請(qǐng)將文中2處劃線的句子翻譯成英語，每空一詞。

4.Today libraries are good places for kids to ________ ________ and learn something.

任務(wù)（四）：請(qǐng)給短文選擇一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)挠⑽臉?biāo)題。

5.A. New Libraries    B. Library Rules    C. Old Libraries    D. Free Libraries