Question

Britain is very fortunate in its system of public lending-libraries. These libraries have a of some 115 million books. And about one-third of the population are of public libraries. This lending and reference library service is, with some limitation, free.

Public libraries not only lend books, music scores(樂譜) and records, but also supply special libraries to , among children, patients in hospital and prisoners, and they in many kinds of extra activities, reading, lectures, film shows, music circles and cooperation in adult education.

The greatest and most famous library in Britain is that of the British Museum, which over six million books. A copy of every book, magazine, newspaper, etc. in Great Britain, must be sent to the British Museum. The reading room of the Museum is famous for the of scholars and people who have studied in it. The British Museum Library is not, by the way, a library.

The second library in Britain is the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The National Library of Scotland, Cambridge University Library, and the National Library of Wales are also famous and may a copy of every new issued in Britain. There is also a National Library for the blind, over 300,000 books in a specially type.

1.A. number B. plenty C. total D. quantity

2.A. members B. librarians C. citizens D. employees

3.A. others B. adults C. women D. people

4.A. give B. engage C. result D. succeed

5.A. as well as B. such as C. for example D. rather than

6.A. offers B. buys C. owns D. gets

7.A. sold B. published C. available D. obtained

8.A. number B. support C. mind D. devotion

9.A. diligent B. imaginative C. famous D. poor

10.A. valuable B. public C. borrowing D. lending

11.A. oldest B. latest C. largest D. best-known

12.A. lend B. print C. get D. buy

13.A. movie B. magazine C. novel D. publication

14.A. nearly B. with C. about D. almost

15.A. delivered B. made C. printed D. published

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹英國的圖書館文化。

1.C考查形容詞辨析。A. number 數量；B. plenty 許多；C. total整個；D. quantity數量；句意：圖書館有大約一億圖書。A total of 總共，故選C項。

2.2】A考查名詞辨析A. members 成員；B. librarians 圖書管理員；C. citizens 市民；D. employees員工；句意：三分之一的人口是圖書館的會員，根據句意可知有許多的會員，故選A項。

3.3】A考查名詞辨析A. others 他人；B. adults 成年人；C. women 女性；D. people人們；句意：公共圖書館不僅僅能借書，樂譜和唱片，還可以向人們提供特殊的圖書。Supply sth to sb 提供某物給某人，故選A項。

4.4】B考查動詞辨析A. give給；B. engage 從事；C. result 結果；D. succeed成功；句意：他們忙于各種額外的活動，比如說閱讀，演講，錄像和成為教育的合作。Engage in 忙于做某事，故選B項。

5.5】B考查介詞短語辨析A. as well as也；B. such as 例如；C. for example 舉例；D. rather than而不是；句意：句意：他們忙于各種額外的活動，比如說閱讀，演講，錄像和成為教育的合作。根據下方提到reading, lectures, film shows, music circles and cooperation in adult education表示列舉，故選B項。

6.6】C考查動詞辨析A. offers 提供；B. buys 買；C. owns 擁有；D. gets得到；句意：英國最大的圖書館是英國博物館，這擁有六百萬本書。根據句意可知選C項。

7.7】B考查動詞辨析A. sold賣；B. published 出版；C. available可利用的；D. obtained得到；句意：在英國出版的每本書，雜志，報紙的復印件肯定會被送到英國博物館。根據句意可知在英國出版的，故選B項。

8.8】A考查名詞辨析A. number 數量；B. support 支持；C. mind 想法；D. devotion拋入；句意：博物館的閱覽室因為學者的數量和名人的數量而聞名。The number of 。。的數量，故選A項。

9.9】C考查形容詞辨析A. diligent 勤奮的；B. imaginative 有想象力的；C. famous 有名的；D. poor窮的；句意：博物館的閱覽室因為學者的數量和名人的數量而聞名。根據語境可知選C項。

10.0】D考查語境理解A. valuable 有價值的；B. public 公共；C. borrowing借進；D. lending借出；句意：順便說一下，英國博物館圖書館不是借書的地方。根據語境可知選D項。

11.1】D考查形容詞辨析A. oldest老的；B. latest 最新的；C. largest 最大的；D. best-known最有名的；句意：第二個英國有名的圖書館是牛津的博德利圖書館。根據倒數第二段提到The greatest and most famous library in Britain最大的最出名的圖書館，可知選D項。

12.2】C考查動詞辨析A. lend借；B. print 印刷；C. get得到；D. buy買；句意：蘇格蘭國家圖書館劍橋大學圖書館 和威爾士國家圖書館也很有名，可以得到每份在英國出版的出版物的復印件。根據句意選C項。

13.3】D考查名詞辨析A. movie 電影；B. magazine 雜志；C. novel小說；D. publication出版；句意：蘇格蘭國家圖書館劍橋大學圖書館 和威爾士國家圖書館也很有名，可以得到每份在英國出版的出版物的復印件。根據語境可知各種出版物，故選D項。

14.4】B考查語境理解A. nearly 幾乎；B. with與。。；C. about 關于；D. almost幾乎；句意：有為盲人設計的圖書館，有30萬冊圖書用專門的印刷類型印制。根據語境可知表伴隨，故選B項。

15.5】C考查動詞辨析A. delivered 遞送；B. made使；C. printed 印刷；D. published出版；句意：有為盲人設計的圖書館，有30萬冊圖書用專門的印刷類型印制，根據語境可知是盲人，故特殊印刷，因此選C項。

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