Question

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 or these 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（订阅费） library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they mayborrowthe 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 paragraph 2 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 reading 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.Havard University began_______.

A. in 1731    B. in 1730

C. in 1833    D. in 1638

5.At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A. children 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.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】本文介绍了美国图书馆的来历。Thomas Bray 在17世纪末创办了第一家免费借阅的图书馆。在1773年Benjamin Franklin和他的一些朋友创办了第一家会员图书馆。在1833年，在Peterborough, New Hampshire建立了一家用税收买书的图书馆，大家可以免费借书。

1.C

推理判断题。根据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都创办了图书馆，因此他们对美国的公众图书馆的历史都很重要。故选C。

2.B

词义猜测题。根据In a subscription library people pay money to become members,可知成为图书馆的会员，应是可以借书，因此使用一段时间就归还，故选B。

3.A

推理判断题。根据In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries.可知在美国有免费的图书馆之前有免费的学校，故选A。

4.D

推理判断题。根据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给一所新学校捐钱和书，建立哈佛大学的图书馆，以至于这个学校以哈佛来命名，因此哈佛大学开始于1638年。故选A。

5.B

推理判断题。根据In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.可知在Franklin创办的图书馆里，开始付钱成为会员，以后借书就不花钱，故选B。