The Wake-up Call

“What’s that?” my ten-year-old daughter, Genie, asked. She’d caught me laughing at a piece of mail I’d just opened. “Wake-up service; $2.50 per call.” At the bottom was a phone number and a drawing of a rotary phone, like the one my great-aunt Sara had owned 40 years ago.

“Is that mail funny?” Genie asked.

“Not really,” I admitted. “It’s just outdated.”

“What’s a wake-up call？” She frowned. I explained how, before smart-phones, people sometimes paid someone to wake them with a call.

“Who sent this flyer?” she pressed.

“Probably someone older,” I said, “and could use some money.”

Her eyes lit up. “Can we order a wake-up?” she asked.

“We don’t need it.” I picked it up and headed for the recycling bin.

“Wait!” she shrieked.

“I feel sorry for the wake-up man, if he needs some money,” she said, tearing up. “Can’t we order?”

I looked at the flyer with its drawing of a rotary phone. I remembered, again, my great-aunt Sara and her rotary phone. As a kid, I’d visited her over Labor Day, when Jerry Lewis would host his charity event for the disabled kids. Aunt Sara would squeeze my hand, then reach for the rotary phone, dialing the number on the screen. Holding the receiver between us, we’d announce to the operator, “We’d like to help those kids.”

Now here was my own child, showing the same big heart I’d once been encouraged to have, and how could I ignore her? I Googled the flyer’s return address. The address belonged to a man called Raymond. He was in his mid-60s. We called him and, holding the receiver between us, the way Aunt Sara and I used to, told him we needed his services. “Great!” Raymond said in a shaky but friendly voice, clearly amazed at receiving an order from a child. When I asked how to pay the $2.50, he answered, “Mail a check.”

Genie was happy all week. Friday night, I put the phone by her pillow so she could answer Raymond’s call. She bounded to my bedroom to tell me all about how he’d wished her a good morning and told her to have a great day, which she did.

Technology has made some things outdated. But there are still other things the world will always require. In the rush and hustle of my daily life, I’d temporarily forgotten that. I guess I just needed a wake-up call.

59. The author laughed at the mail because ________.

A. it was printed roughly

B. the drawing in it was poor

C. the wake-up call cost too much

D. the service it offered was outdated    

60. What did the author want to do with the flyer at first?

  A. Throw it away.                                  B. Let Genie read it.

  C. Find out who sent it.                          D. Keep it away from Genie.

61. What made the author finally decide to order a wake-up call?

  A. Her own childhood experience.

  B. The less fortunate wake-up man.

C. Genie’s curiosity about the service.

D. The information she found on Google.

62. What might “other things” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Bravery and curiosity.              B. Confidence and patience.   

C. Honesty and humor.                D. Generosity and kindness.

For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”.

I ___21___ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, ___22___, working on a

paper. Out of nowhere , those words came ___23___ off the page in a quote: “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of ___24___ truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more. Then I ___25___ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was ___26___ to hear what he’d think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to ___27___ it a few times, but once he ___28___ it, he laughed. “All I can say to that is totally ___29___,”he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and ___30___ to find that quote. “Why is that?” he asked. "Well, spring is a sure ___31___ that life persists. And it just makes me ___32___. ”

He laughed again, and then in his ___33___ voice, he recited for me his ___34___“spring time” words: “The desert shall rejoice(高兴)，and ___35___ as the rose does…Even with joy and singing.”

Many years later. ___36___ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming cactuses(仙人掌), I could ___37___ hear my granddad laughing: “The desert shall rejoice."

Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of ___38___ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of ___39___ and the green of spring. Spring ___40___ us that we’re alive forever.

21. A. looked for    B. came across    C. picked out    D. made up

22. A. bored    B. worried    C. tired    D. confused

23. A. running    B. dancing    C. rushing.    D. moving

24. A. fear    B. doubt    C. terror    D. lie

25. A. called    B. visited    C. consulted    D. informed

26. A. patient    B. confident    C. upset    D. desperate

27. A. copy    B. print    C. repeat    D. recite

28. A. got    B. made    C. undertook    D. managed

29. A. puzzlement    B. excitement    C. agreement    D. amusement

30. A. practically    B. especially    C. obviously    D. naturally

31. A. way    B. inspiration    C. mark    D. sign

32. A. nervous    B. energetic    C. merry    D. alive

33. A. lovely    B. calm    C. cold    D. high

34. A. impressive    B. superb    C. classical    D. favorite

35. A. exist    B. flower    C. survive    D. sow

36. A. after    B. when    C. until    D. although

37. A. hardly    B. always    C. almost    D. mostly

38. A. journeys    B. words    C. world    D. desert

39. A. winter    B. spring    C. summer    D. autumn

40. A. convinces    B. ensures    C. reminds    D. strikes

 During the days ______, he made great progress in learning English.       

 A. following           B. followed               C. to follow              D. that followed

Everything seemed to be going_______ for the first two days after I moved to New York.

      A. vividly                       B. generally                  C. frequently          D. smoothly

    A．Why exercise?

    B．Healthy eating

    C．A picture of being healthy

    D．Exercise tips

E．The importance of being healthy

F．A healthy combination

61．___________________________

You use energy for everything you do．That energy comes from the food you eat．Too much food or too little exercise causes your body to store the extra energy in fat cells．Lighten up on the food or increase your exercise and you might drop a few pounds．But if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet, you'll feel more healthy and strong as well as look great．

62．___________________________

You probably have an image in your mind of what the "perfect" or "ideal" body looks like．Try not to press yourself to look that way．Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his /her body．Everyone is different．It is important to be comfortable with the body you have．"Healthy" and "ideal" are not always the same．Healthy eating habits and regular exercise are the best ways to look and feel your personal best．

63．____________________________

Exercise does more than just burn calories．For instance, regular exercise makes your muscles strong and flexible, and increases the amount of muscle you have; makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure; makes you feels more energetic, even when you're not exercising and improves your mood and makes you feel better about yourself．

64．_____________________________

Always warm up and stretch for 5--10 minutes before you do strength or endurance exercises．Afterward, take 10 minutes to cool down slowly．Your heart should beat  normally when you stop．Do strength and endurance exercises on alternate days, so you will not overwork your body．Exercising as part of a group may help you to exercise regularly．

65．_________________________________

Your body runs best on foods high in complex carbohydrates and low in fat and sugar．You also need a certain amount of protein and plenty of vitamins and minerals．Eating a healthy diet wil1 provide your body with everything it needs to run smoothly．Your body breaks down proteins into amino acids（氨基酸）, so you don’t need to buy the amino acids separately．

All the scientific evidence ____ that increasing use of chemicals in farming___ damaging our health.

      A. show; are                   B. shows; are              C. show; is            D. shows; is

Maybe you are an ordinary student.38． This is not necessarily so.Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to.Here’s how:

Plan your time carefully.When planning your work,you should make a list of things that you have to do.After making this list,you should make a schedule of your time.First arrange your time for eating,sleeping,dressing,etc,then decide a good,regular time for studying.39． A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems,but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.

Make good use of your time in class.40． Listening carefully in class means less work later.Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly.When you get home from school,go over your notes,review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day,read that material.41． If you do these things regularly,the material will become more meaningful,and you will remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude towards tests.The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test,so don’t be over-worried.

42． You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

A.This will help you understand the next class.

B.You probably think you will never be a top student.

C.Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.

D.No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E.There are other methods that might help you with your study.

F.Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.

G.Make full use of spare time to take note of what the teacher says in class.

The more hours that young children spend in child care, the more likely they are to turn out aggressive and disobedient by the time they are in kindergarten, according to the largest study of child care and development ever conducted. Researchers said this correlation （相关性）held true regardless of whether the children came from rich or poor homes, were looked after by a relative or at a center, and whether they were girls or boys.

   What is uncertain, however, is whether the child care actually causes the problem or whether children likely to turn out aggressive happen to be those who spend more hours in child care. It also remains unclear whether reducing the amount of time in child care will reduce the risk that a child will turn into a mean person. What’s more, quality child care is associated with increased skills in intellectual ability such as language and memory, leading some academics to suggest that child care turns out children who are “smart and naughty”.

The government-sponsored research, which has tracked more than 1,300 children at 10 sites across the country since 1991, is bound to cause the debate over child care again: How should people balance work and family? And how should parents, especially mothers. Resolve the demands that are placed on them to be both breadwinners and supermoms?

That debate was already on display at a new briefing yesterday, where researchers themselves had different opinions about the data and its implications （含义）. “There is a constant relationship between time in care and problem behavior, especially those involving aggression and behavior,” said Jay Belsky of Birkbeck College in London. one of the lead investigators of the study who has previously annoyed women’s groups because of his criticisms of child care. “On behalf of fathers or mothers?” interrupted Sarah Friedman, a developmental psychologist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and one of the other lead scientists on the study. “On behalf of parents and families,” responded Belsky.

“NICHD is not willing to get into policy recommendations.” said Friedman, contradicting her colleague. “There are other possibilities that can be entertained. Yes it is a quick solution-more hours in child care is associated with more problems. The easy solution is to cut the number of hours but that may have implications for the family that may not be beneficial for the development of the children in terms of economics.” In an interview after the briefing, Friedman said that asking parents to work fewer hours and spend more time with their children usually meant a loss of family income, which adversely（不利地）affects children.

Scientists said that the study was highly reliable. But the researchers said they had no idea whether the behavioral difficulties persisted as the children moved to higher grades.

32. Children who spend more time in quality child care will       .

A. develop greater ability in language   B. be easy to manage and less naughty

C. possess great risk-taking spirit       D. be greedy and mean to their classmates

33. What is still unknown about higher level of aggressiveness in kindergarten children?

A. Whether higher level of aggressiveness can be avoided with longer child care.

B. Where longer child care equally affects children from different families.

C. Whether aggressiveness is a direct result of longer child care.

D. Whether longer child care improves intellectual ability in children.

34. In the fifth paragraph the word “it” probably means         .

A. NICHD is unwilling to give parents recommendations

B. NICHD is willing to give policy advice concerning child care

C. the number of hours in child care should be reduced significantly

D. parents should discipline the behavior of their children more strictly

35. According to Friedman. Cutting the number of hours in child care         .

A. may prevent families from having the necessary financial sources

B. will make families unable to enjoy much of the social benefits

C. will result in subsequent behavioral difficulties in children

D. should be accompanied with the improvement in the quality of child care

As a leading safari(狩猎游)company in Kenya，Game-watchers has been recognized s the Tour Operator of 20 11 Kenya Travel Awards，and rewarded with some other international tour prizes in recent years．

Safari tours go to some of the best wildlife national parks and game parks in Africa， even the Masai Mara in Kenya．We are ready to offer a more personalized service，including staying in smaller safari eco-camps and providing high quality professional safari guides，plus 4x4 safari vehicles for game drives．We can also offer you the choice to fly straight into the wildlife areas，using light airplane，to avoid lengthy road journeys．

      Here is a typical Tour Plan of Game-watchers(2 nights／3 days)

If you have any further questions, please contact us at www. Gamewatchers. com or call us at 0944-598-580.

35．According to the passage，Game-watchers is

       A．a travel plan in Kenya’s best national parks

B．Kenya’s largest and best safari company

       C ．Kenya’s online travel company of game drives

       D．a winner of many travel awards home and abroad

36．Which of the following is offered as an alternative means of·transportation if you can’t wait to get into the wildlife areas?

       A．4×4 safari vehicle．                              B．Plane．

       C．Walk．                                                   D．Bus．

37．How many meals are offered in a typical Tour Plan of 2 nights／3days?

       A．Nine．                                                      B．Eight．

       C．Seven．                                                 D．Six.

38．The author’s purpose of writing the passage is

       A．to introduce the beautiful scenery of Kenya

       B．to make an advertisement for a tour company

       C．to inform tourists of the detailed tour information

       D．to make people curious about the wild life in Kenya

 Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation

       A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray - the entire population of the Canadian city. The blaze has destroyed a number of homes, dropping ash on the streets of the city in the province of Alberta. Fleeing residents have caused gridlock on the main road leading from the city, 380km (235 miles) north of Edmonton.

      The evacuation from Fort McMurray - which lies in an oil sands region - is the biggest in Alberta's history. "If you just walk outside, you feel it (ash) falling on you. You see it floating in the air. I can take a broom and brush it off my deck," resident Mark Durocher was quoted as saying by the Globe and Mail.

      Homes in at least two neighbourhoods have been gutted, and the fire has now spread to Highway 63 - the main road into Fort McMurray from the south.

      Firefighters are continuing to tackle the blaze, but the local authorities have called for reinforcements, including a water-dumping helicopter.So far there have been no reports of any injuries.

21.   Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The wildfire has caused the largest evacuation in Canadian history.

B. The fire is not spreading because the firefighters have put it off completely.

C. No one has been hurt or killed in the fire, and the buildings are safe, too.

D. With the fire continuing to burn, heavy ash has become a problem.

22. Which of the following words has the similar meaning as “gridlock” in Paragraph 1?

A. Accidents          B. Traffic jams              C. Panic                D. Fights

23. The passage is probably taken from __________.

A. Storybook               B. TV Guide                 C. News website    D. Traffic report

Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a

physical object. This is now possible with the help of 3D printers. Such machines were once used just

by universities and big companies, but now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the

United States.

   Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago. The store

is filled with tools like a laser cutter, an industrial sewing machine and 3D printers. The Jaycoxs offer

3D printing classes and services for anyone who is interested.

   "I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It's going to have a huge effect on society as a whole."

One of the students in a recent class was KiChong Tran. He plans to open a 3D printing business in

Cambodia.

   3D printing services are becoming available for American consumers.

   The UPS Store is a nationwide retailer (零售商 ) that provides shipping, copying and other

services. The UPS Store recently put 3D printers in three of its independently-owned stores. Burke

Jones owns one of the stores in San Diego.

   "The demand has been amazing. It's been much more than I would have imagined." The UPS

Store plans to add 3D printers in three more stores.

   At The UPS Store, the cost of the object depends on the amount of materials used. The store

charges up to $95 an hour to design the object with computer software that creates a digital file to

guide the printer.

   Mr. Jaycox predicts that within five years, 3D printing technology could become more popular.

But KiChong Tran says even current technology can make a difference in a developing country like

Cambodia.

   "With 3D printing, you can give them tools; you put it in their hands so they are responsible

more for their own development and they learn skills beyond just learning English and becoming a

tour guide or something like that or working at a bank; you can actually create things that give value

to the world."

   He says it's not just in Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer that it can turn a good

idea into reality.

4. The purpose of the passage is to _       

A. attract consumers to buy 3D printers    B. explain the importance of 3D printing

C. introduce a new technique-3D printing    D. describe the rapid development of technology

5. The Build Shop LLC is a store               .

A. promoting 3D printers    B. offering 3D printing classes and services

C. selling sewing machines    D. known for tools like laser cutters

6. At the UPS Store, the price of a 3D object depends on  

A. the person who makes it    B. the materials to make it and time to design it

C. the size of the object    D. the labor service it needs

7. The attitude of KiChong Tran towards the development of 3D printing technology is         

A. positive    B. objective    C. uncertain    D. critical

    When Armida Armato’s daughter , Alexia , came home from school one day last year , keen to go on a school trip to Ecuador , she wasn’t too sure ___21_____to feel . She was happy that her daughter ___22______  experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of her travel to such a remote part of the world.

Alexia was 16 at the time , a student at Westwood High School . The school sponsored a humanitarian trip for 26 students and two teachers _____23_____(spend) 18 days in a mountain village to build a one-room school . Even though Armato trusted her daughter , the other students and the teachers , she was worried about the side effects ____24___ the travel vaccines , possible accidents , and medical care.

Now that Alexia was home , Armato said she saw her daughter’s new maturity , greater confidence and independence . “This is the ___25_____(good) thing I ever did ,” Alexia said . “ The experience was so eye- opening and life-changing . You’re with people who are not as lucky as you are . They live in very poor conditions ___26_____ they’re so happy and outgoing . You say , ‘My god , I’m taking ___27_____ for granted back home.”

She said they built a one-room school from scratch with no mechanical cement mixers . They used their hands , shovels and basic tools . She and another student lived with a local family in a small village about eight hours outside the capital , Quito . Despite the initial strangeness and ___28____(know ) only basic Spanish , she said they grew very close and felt like a family.

Every year , groups of students  at Montreal High School like Alexia pack their bags and fly off with classmates and teachers to developing countries ____29___ they volunteer for a variety of projects.

“Armato’s worries are very common among parents,” says Bill Neivn ,a teacher at St.George ‘s high School . He organizes a humanitarian trip to India to the Sheela Bal Bhavan orphanage and  says the three biggest fears families have ____30______ (be) health , security and contact.

   How long has 3-D technology been around? Most of us might think of crowds of teenagers in a 1950’s movie house watching Bwana Devil in 3-D. But 3-D technology made its first appearance on the scene in 1838 with the first stereoscope(体视镜). And the first actual 3-D movie was a 1903 film called Le Ariveed’un Train.

    Although it has such a long history, the technology has still remained based on one simple principle-----to make 3-D effects you must find a way to project two slightly different pictures to each eye. Modern 3-D technology works by rapidly flickering(闪动) two versions of the movie and projecting them onto each eye. The brain does the rest of the work, combining the two pictures together into one and giving the show the appearance of depth, the third dimension.

    But does this exposure, especially long exposures, cause harm to the child’s developing brain and visual system? Unfortunately, long-term studies on new flicker digital 3-D technology and children aren’t yet available. We do not know if regular or daily 3-D viewing over years affects the developing visual system, although older 3-D methods basically do the same thing and are not considered harmful.

    The question of possible harm in modern 3-D use in TV is really based on two facts: the amount of time children will now be watching 3-D TV each day and the sensitivity some children show in reaction to 3-D viewing. It is difficult to make actual lab studies of longer term 3-D viewing in children because of the possible harm of the experiment. Researchers will have to wait until 3-D TV technology is already in the marketplace for a number of years, then check heavy 3-D TV watchers and compare them with non-watchers.

    With a 3-D television technology in the home, we will soon be able to answer the question of whether or not longer and more frequent periods of 3-D exposure cause more changes in the visual system. We may find that the bigger problem is the introduction of a new technology that leads to even more time spent on TV rather than playing outdoors.

8. According to the text, 3-D technology ______

A. was refused by people when it first appeared.

B. will soon change the way we watch TV.

C. does no good to our visual system.

D. has a history of nearly 200 years.

9. Paragraph 2 is mainly about________

A. how 3-D technology works.         B. why 3-D movies are popular

C. the history of 3-D technology.    D. the influence of 3-D technology.

10. What’s the method suggested in paragraph 4?

   A. To wait and see                        B. To carry out lab studies

   C. To stop making 3-D movies         D. To improve 3-D technology

11. The author’s purpose in writing the text is to _______

    A. ask children not to watch 3-D movies

    B. discuss if 3-D viewing is harmful to children.

    C. introduce the advantages of 3-D technology.

    D. predict the development of 3-D technology.

There was a handful of common clay in the river bank. But it had   36 thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place it was to  37  in the world when the time came for its virtues to be  38 .

One day the clay was carried far away in a cart    39    a stony road. But it was not    40   , for it said to itself: “This is necessary. The path to glory is always    41  . Now I am on my way to play a great part in the world.”

But the hard journey was    42  , compared with the suffering after it. The clay was put into a container and mixed and beaten. It seemed almost    43   . But there was    44    in the thought that something very noble was    45    coming out of all this trouble. The clay felt sure that, if it could only wait long enough, a wonderful reward was    46    for it.

Then it was put upon a    47    turning wheel, and turned around until it seemed as if it must fly into a thousand pieces. A strange power pressed and molded it, and through all the dizziness and pain it felt that it was taking a new    48   .

Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and    49    fires were burning about it. But the clay held itself together, in the confidence of a great future. 

At last the baking was finished. The clay was    50    upon a board，in the cool air. The suffering was passed. The reward was at hand.

Then the clay saw the reward of all its    51    and pain, – a common flower-pot, straight and ugly. It felt that it was not    52    for a king’s house, nor for a palace of art. Many days it passed in    53   . 

But presently it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and day by day as it waited, something was changing within it – a new hope. Still it was    54   , not knowing what the new hope meant. 

But one day the clay was carried into a great church. All the people looked towards it because it carried a royal lily as white as snow, which was    55    in its heart. Now it knew what the hope is! 

Then the clay was content, because, though an earthen pot, it held so great a treasure.

36. A. deep                       B. high                              C. blind                      D. free

37. A. need                               B. name                             C. know                       D. fill

38. A. discovered                      B. developed                     C. praised                   D. obtained

39. A. in                             B. over                              C. across                    D. through

40. A. satisfied                   B. thrilled                           C. discouraged           D. confused

41. A. correct                     B. narrow                           C. rough                     D. straight

42. A. anything                         B. everything                     C. something              D. nothing

43. A. unbearable             B. unconvincing                 C. unavoidable           D. unaccustomed

44. A. anxiety                    B. comfort                          C. sympathy                       D. despair

45. A. possibly                   B. certainly                         C. immediately            D. easily

46. A. in use                      B. in time                           C. in store                   D. in need

47. A. swiftly                      B. steadily                          C. gently                     D. slowly

48. A. place                               B. direction                               C. function                  D. form

49. A. dangerous                      B. evil                                 C. fierce                      D. destructive

50. A. set down                        B. set out                           C. set about                       D. set off

51. A. value                       B. patience                               C. trust                               D. complaint 

52. A. intended                         B. qualified                         C. allowed                   D. presented

53. A. peace                             B. passion                          C. depression             D. harmony

54. A. conscious                       B. optimistic                              C. innocent                        D. ignorant

55. A. mixed                       B. fixed                               C. rooted                    D. buried

 Big as they are, Antarctic ice sheets are melting at increasing rates, as ______the world’s glaciers in other places.

  A. do               B. are            C. have              D. have been

Shellharbour City Library provides a range of Library Special Needs Services for people who are unable to access our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Shellharbour City, we’ll provide a full range of library services and resources including:

● Large printed and ordinary printed books

● Talking books on tape and CD

● DVDs and music CDs

● Magazines

● Reference and information requests

You will be asked to complete a ‘Statement of Need’ application form which must be signed by a medical professional.

Home delivery service

    Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library .You can also choose the resources you need personally.

    Talking books and captioned videos

    The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don’t have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies, we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.

    Languages besides English

    We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW, Australia.

    How to join?

    Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible（合适的） for any of the services we provide ---Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ---5pm on 4297 2522 for more information.

25. Library Special Needs Service are meant for_____.

   A. those who are fond of reading

   B. only those who have walking disabilities

   C. people living in Shellharbour City with an illness or disability

   D. those who can’t get medical help in Shellharbour City

26. If people with eye diseases want to learn about history, they can choose______.

   A. talking books                            B. captioned videos   

C. magazines                  D. large printed books

27. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Few entertaining resources are offered here.

B. Books with different languages are available.

C. People with limited hearing have to pay for captioned videos.

D. People have to choose what they need by themselves.

28. To get home delivery service, you must_______.

A. only choose printed books     B. register ahead of time

C. pay the library ahead of time   D. have others choose the resources for you