Question

The sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment sharing to car sharing to community tool sharing. Since 2000, a new form of sharing economy has been emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the world- Little Free Library. The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods from which residents can take out and put in books. Little Free Maries come in all shapes and sizes. Some libraries also have themes, focusing on books for children, adults or tour guides.

In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library as a gift to his mother, who was a devoted reader. When he saw the people of his community gathering around it, exchanging conversation as well as books, he knew he wanted to take his simple idea further. “I think Little Free Libraries open the door to conversations we want to have with each other,” Bol said.

Since then, his idea has become a movement, spreading from state to state and country to country. According to Little FreeLibrary, org, there are now 18, 000 of the little structures around the world, located in each of the 50 US states and 70 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries, But an Atlantic article says the little structures serve as a cure for a world of e-reader downloads. The little wooden boxes are refreshingly physical and human. For many people, the sense of discovery is Little Free Libraries’ main appeal. "A girl walking home from school might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading: a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of poetry that changes his outlook on life, "says the Atlantic article, "Every book is a potential source of inspiration”.

1.What was Bol’s purpose of building Little Free Library?

A. To help people in the community communicate often.

B. To make reading books spread around the world.

C. To help neighbors develop the habit of building libraries.

D. To give his mother a birthday Present.

2.How do Little Free Libraries get their books?

A. The communities bought them    B. US government provided them.

C. Tod Bol donated them    D. Local people shared them

3.What do we know about Little Free Library?

A. calls for people to write more books.

B. It was built up with the help of the Internet.

C. It offers people different kinds of books to read.

D. It needs big rooms to place many books in.

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Little Tree Library has replaced the e-book.

B. Little Free Library can make much difference to people.

C. Tod Bol developed Little Free Library on his own.

D. Tod Bol earned much money through Little Free Library

Answer

1. A

2. D

3. C

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了从共享经济中诞生的一种新型共享形式：迷你图书馆，以及它的诞生原因、发展历程和给人们带来的影响。

1.细节理解题。由第二段最后一句“I think Little Free Libraries open the door to conversations we want to have with each other,” Bol said.（Bol说，我认为迷你图书馆打开了我们想要彼此沟通的大门）可推断他的目的是为了帮助社区的人们经常能够沟通，故选A。

2.细节理解题。由第一段第三句“The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods from which residents can take out and put in books.”可知，图书是由市民放入的，即当地人互相分享书籍，故选D。

3.细节理解题。第一段最后一句“Some libraries also have themes, focusing on books for children, adults or tour guides.”（一些图书馆还以针对儿童、成年人或者导游的书为主题），即迷你图书馆为不同人群提供不同种类的书籍以供阅读。故选C。

4.判断推理题。文章最后一段“A girl walking home from school might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading: a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of poetry that changes his outlook on life”分别以一个在放学回家路上，拿起一本激发了阅读兴趣的漫画书的女孩，；和一个走在去公交站路上，发现了很多改变他人生观的诗歌的男人为例子，说明了迷你图书馆能够对人们产生巨大影响。故选B。