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習知識的好去處。

任務（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?

   ________________________________________________________________________

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

   ________________________________________________________________________

任務（二）：請寫出1處下劃線黑體單詞“free”的漢語意思。

3.________________________________________________________________________

任務（三）：請將文中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（四）：請給短文選擇一個最恰當?shù)挠⑽臉祟}。

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

你一定能根據(jù)所給詞的適當形式填空的,試一試吧! (5分)

help    one    swim    they     America

1.Tomorrow is Sunday. Let’s go          .

2.Are there any         in your school? No, there aren’t.

3.Andy is a           boy. We all like him.

4.Lily and Nick are twins.          mother is a doctor.

5.Excuse me, where is the reading room? It’s on the       floor of Building A.

1. Where are the rainforests?
Rainforests cover six per cent of the Earth’s surface. There are rainforests in many parts of the world but the biggest forests are in South America, Africa and South East Asia. There aren’t any rainforests in Europe or North America.
2. What’s in the rainforests?
About 75% of all the types of animals that we know come from rainforests. Thousands and thousands of animals live in rainforests. There are many very beautiful birds, insects and  reptiles. Many of them live in the trees, more than 30 metres from the ground. There are also thousands of different plants—and lots of tall trees! It is always hot in a rainforest and
the ground is always wet. It is also dark.
3. Why are the rainforests important?
The rainforests are very important for us. We need them! The trees and other plants in the forest help to make the air that we breathe. They give us wood, rubber, fruits and many of our medicines.
4.    
Unfortunately, in many places, the rainforests are in danger. For example, many years ago there was a large rainforest in Java. There were thousands of different plants and animals in the forest, but now there is nothing. People chopped down the trees because they wanted to grow rice. Many animals lived in the rainforest. Some of them went to other parts of Java but many of them disappeared — forever. The same thing is happening now in many other parts of the world. The rainforests are in danger.
【小題1】In which of the following places can we find rainforests according to Paragraph 1?
A. In the UK.   B. In Asia. C. In the USA.  D. In France.
【小題2】Which of the following belongs to a kind of “reptile”?

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習知識的好去處。
任務（一）：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題。
【小題1】Why do many libraries paint their rooms beautiful colors now?
________________________________________________________________________
【小題2】In which country do some libraries have a kids’ “story time”?
________________________________________________________________________
任務（二）：請寫出1處下劃線黑體單詞“free”的漢語意思。
【小題3】________________________________________________________________________
任務（三）：請將文中2處劃線的句子翻譯成英語，每空一詞。
【小題4】Today libraries are good places for kids to ________ ________ and learn something.
任務（四）：請給短文選擇一個最恰當?shù)挠⑽臉祟}。