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, 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 that aims to promote literacy 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 10^th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified 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 (裝點), 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 (補充)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.”

Answer 1

【圖式導讀】 這是一篇有關迷你開放圖書館的記敘文，講述了Janey一家人如何創建了該社區第一家免費的迷你開放圖書館的事情。

段落	關鍵詞、句	大意推測
第一部分 Para. 1	happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers	介紹迷你圖書館的外形
第二部分 Para. 2-6	built with love; saw report about the Little Free Library organization; modified a small wooden house; made a door of glass; hung a signboard… instructing users to ‘take a book, return a book; stocked it with books	介紹圖書館的緣由 和 創建過程
第三部分 Para.7-8	keeps replenishing itself; average of five visits a day thank-you notes left behind; so popular	圖書館建成后的收效

【解析】

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

       A. It owns a yellow roof.

       B. It stands near a sidewalk.

       C. It protects book lovers from the sun.

       D. It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.

66. B。 細節判斷題。根據題干提示pedestrian-friendly可迅速定位答案位置在第一段，通讀選項，可發現選項B中的sidewalk（人行道）是pedestrian（行人）的關聯詞，near是next to 的同義詞。圖書館‘緊挨著人行道’自然是‘方便行人的’，所以選項B正確。

【干擾項排除】 其他三個選項都是對圖書館外形的描述，均與題目要求不符，故可以排除。

【解題思路】 解決細節判斷題應將問題所對應的原文與選項進行比較，對原文進行同義改寫的選項是正確答案。同義改寫的主要方法是關鍵詞替換，就是說原文對應句中的關鍵詞在正確答案中被換成了同義詞。

67.  Janey got the idea to build a library from _____.

       A. a visit to Brian Williams

       B. a spring break with her family

       C. a book sent by one of her neighbors

       D. a report on a Wisconsin-based organization

67. D。 細節判斷題。根據題干提示got the idea（有了這個想法）可迅速定位答案位置在第二段… after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, she announced‘ That’s what we’re going to do。意思是說Janey Henriksen是在讀了一個Little Free Library的報告后，宣布‘這就是我們要做的’課知這份報告是她有了這個想法由來。通讀選項，可發現選項D中的a report on a Wisconsin-based organization是句中的‘原詞再現’，所以選項D正確。

【干擾項排除】 選項A中的一部分（to visit）原文沒有提及，選項B與原文的表述不符，選項C原文沒有提及故可以排除。

68.  The library was built _____.

       A. by a ship supply company

       B. on the basis of toy horses

       C. like a mailbox

       D. with glass

68. C。 細節判斷題。根據題干built可定位答案在第四段 …didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. 選項C中的like是原句中resembles的同義詞（像……），mailbox是原詞再現，因此可知選項C正確。

【干擾項排除】 選項A偷換原文概念（原文提及男主人是船舶供應公司的老板），選項B與原文的表述不符，選項C只是與原部分對應（門是用玻璃做的），故可以排除。

【解題思路】 當題干中出現下列標志詞匯，如infer，conclude，imply，suggest，learn等，即可判斷為推理題。推理題的做題關鍵是，通過題干或選項返回原文，將選項與原文一一進行比較。正確答案要么將原文某句話換個說法，要么做一步推理（通常不會做多步推理）。選項中與原文意思最接近、推理步驟最少的為正確答案。

69.  What can we infer about the signboard?

       A. It was made by a user of the library.

       B. It marked a final touch to the library.

       C. It aimed at making the library last long.

       D. It indicated the library was a family property.

69. C。 判斷推理題。 根據題干the signboard可定位答案在第五段 the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to ‘take a book, return a book,’ 為什么牌子上要寫上‘借一本，還一本’呢？圖書館資源有限，如果使用者都是‘只借不還’，圖書館就無法維持下去了。這樣就得出結論：寫這樣的牌子是‘為了讓圖書館長久持續下去’，與選項C意思相符，因此選項C正確。

【干擾項排除】選項A與原文表述相反，選項B是原文再現，無需推理，選項D與原文意思表述相悖（公益圖書館），故都可以排除。

70.  The passage tells us that the users _____.

       A. donate books to the library

       B. get paid to collect books for the library

       C. receive thank-you notes for using the library

       D. visit the library over 5 times on average daily

69. C。 細節判斷題。根據題干users的同義詞borrowers可定位答案在第七段 the collection keeps replenishing itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. 選項A中的（users） donate books to the library與原文的donations from borrowers為同義表達，因此可知選項A正確。

【干擾項排除】選項B與原文表述相反（donate 捐贈，是無償的），選項C與原文表述相反（使用者留下答謝卡而非收到），最具干擾作用的選項D，外延擴大，原文中沒有over（超過）的表述，都可以排除。

【難句學習】

1.        A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy 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!’

【翻譯】一年前，Janey Henriksen看到了一份關于一個‘迷你免費圖書館’組織的報告。這是一家始建于Wisconsin的一個非盈利組織，其宗旨是通過創辦隨手可得的圖書來促進閱讀并鄰里間的創建社區觀念。在這之后不就，她就向四口之家宣布：“這就是我們今年春假要做的事情！”

【分析】主句結構：she announced to her family of four，后面引號中的句子是announced的賓語。主句之前是一個after引導的時間狀語從句，狀語從句的主謂結構是：she saw a report about…organization；從句逗號后面的插入語是一個同位語，補充說明前面的organization，其中含有一個that引導的定語從句，具體說明了這個組織的創建宗旨。

2.        The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.

【翻譯】 這個51歲的船舶供應公司的老板將他幾年前為女兒Abbie的玩具木馬造的一個小木頭房子做了改造，而且還加上了一個玻璃門。

【分析】 主句結構：The …owner … modified a… house，后面是一個由that引導的定語從句，修飾先行詞house。 逗號后面是一個and連接的并列句。

3.        After adding the library’s final touches, 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.

【翻譯】在給圖書館添上了最后的點綴之后，家人在它的前面掛上了一個提示牌，提醒使用者‘借一本，還一本’，也使得它成為了棕櫚灘郡的唯一的迷你開放圖書館。現在類似的圖書館在全國有幾百家，在全世界已超過2,500家。

【分析】主句結構：the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing … and making… ，其中的兩個分詞短語分別表示目的和結果。中間的one of… 是library的同位語，補充介紹這類圖書館的現狀。