Question

It’s such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-friendly(对行人友善的), too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.

It’s a library built with love.

A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization that aims to promote literacy(读书识字) and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”

Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles（类似） a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified（修饰） a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.

After adding the library’s final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.

They stocked it with 20 or so books they’d already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids’ favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.

Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.

The project’s best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.”

1.In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?

A. It owns a yellow roof.

B. It protects book lovers from the sun.

C. It stands near a sidewalk.       

D. It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.

2.Janey got the idea to build a library from __________.

A. a report on a Wisconsin-based organization      

B. a spring break with her family

C. a book sent by one of her neighbors      

D. a visit to Brian Williams

3.The library was built __________.

A. by a ship supply companyB. on the basis of toy horses

C. with glass    D. like a mailbox

4.The passage tells us that the borrowers__________.

A. get paid to collect books for the library

B. receive thank-you notes for using the library

C. donate books to the library

D. visit the library over 5 times on average daily

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：文章主要讲述了Janey Henriksen一家建立微型图书馆的故事。

1.C 细节题。根据第一段的it’s pedestrian-friendly(对行人友善的), too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates判断C正确。

2.细节题。根据文章第三段第一句A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about…可知Janey Henriksen是因为看到一篇关于the Little Free Library organization准备建社区图书馆的报道后受到启发才建这样特殊的图书馆的。故A正确。

3.细节题。根据文章第四段第一句Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles（类似） a mailbox.可知D项正确。

4.B 细节题。根据文章的最后一句话进行判断。

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