
In a narrow hutong in Beijing lies a small library. It is only seven square meters in size, but thousands of books are ___1___in it. Unlike traditional libraries, this one doesn’t require its readers to ___2___ the books. Instead, it encourages them to pass those books on to someone else when they’ve finished reading.
This library was ___3___ by Mr. Xu, a businessman, in 2010. The idea took shape when Xu recommended books online to students, but found it ___4___ for them to get the books from their school libraries. So, Xu bought and ___5___ nearly 1,000 books in the following year. The students who received the books were very thankful. Their thank-you letters got Xu to turn his book-gifting effort into a physical space.
Xu’s library might be the smallest in the world, but in another sense, it’s also the biggest because its books keep ___6___. Once, a reader took home an English book on Chinese history. A week later, he passed it on to a neighbor. ___7___, the book traveled all the way abroad and ended up in Germany. “The ___8___ of the book is a wonder. Many wonders like this keep the culture of reading alive,” Xu tells the newspaper.
Xu says he will continue this work although the library is now faced with the ___9___ of e-books. “This is the most ___10___ thing I’ve done in my life,” he says. “I hope that the library can stay open forever.”
1.1.
A kept
B written
C printed
D punished
解析:选A。A。空格处指“成千上万的书被保存在图书馆里”,“kept”(保存)符合图书馆存储书籍的语境;“written”(写)、“printed”(印刷)、“punished”(惩罚)均与“图书馆藏书”无关,故选A。
2.2.
A return
B copy
C lend
D buy
解析:选A。A。由“Unlike traditional libraries”及“encourages them to pass those books on”可知,传统图书馆要求读者“归还”书,而此处图书馆不要求,“return”(归还)符合逻辑;“copy”(复制)、“lend”(借出)、“buy”(购买)均不符,故选A。
3.3.
A locked
B started
C hidden
D guarded
解析:选B。B。空格处指“这个图书馆由徐先生在2010年创办”,“started”(创办)符合“建立图书馆”的语境;“locked”(锁)、“hidden”(隐藏)、“guarded”(守卫)均与“创办图书馆”无关,故选B。
4.4.
A hard
B harmful
C possible
D interesting
解析:选A。A。由后文“Xu bought... nearly 1,000 books”可知,学生从学校图书馆“很难”得到书,所以徐先生才买书,“hard”(困难的)符合;“harmful”(有害的)、“possible”(可能的)、“interesting”(有趣的)均不符,故选A。
5.5.
A dug up
B picked up
C gave away
D threw away
解析:选C。C。由“students who received the books were very thankful”可知,徐先生买书后“赠送”给学生,“gave away”(赠送)符合;“dug up”(挖掘)、“picked up”(捡起)、“threw away”(扔掉)均不符,故选C。
6.6.
A burning
B moving
C falling
D shaking
解析:选B。B。由“encourages them to pass those books on”及后文书籍传到国外可知,书在不断“移动”,“moving”(移动)符合;“burning”(燃烧)、“falling”(掉落)、“shaking”(摇晃)均不符,故选B。
7.7.
A Clearly
B Hopefully
C Generally
D Amazingly
解析:选D。D。书籍从国内读者传到邻居,最终到了德国,这是“令人惊讶的”,“Amazingly”(令人惊讶地)符合语境;“Clearly”(清楚地)、“Hopefully”(有希望地)、“Generally”(通常)均不符,故选D。
8.8.
A history
B language
C journey
D background
解析:选C。C。书籍从国内传到德国的过程是一段“旅程”,“journey”(旅程)符合;“history”(历史)、“language”(语言)、“background”(背景)均不符,故选C。
9.9.
A death
B truth
C mistake
D challenge
解析:选D。D。电子书的普及对实体图书馆是“挑战”,“challenge”(挑战)符合;“death”(死亡)、“truth”(真相)、“mistake”(错误)均不符,故选D。
10.10.
A silly
B scary
C common
D meaningful
解析:选D。D。徐先生坚持创办图书馆,认为这是人生中最“有意义的”事,“meaningful”(有意义的)符合;“silly”(愚蠢的)、“scary”(可怕的)、“common”(普通的)均不符,故选D。