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阅读理解 In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard. Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again. In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833. 1. The main idea of the second paragraph is________. A. Franklin started the first subscription library B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833 2. The underlined word “borrow” means_______. A. read and write with no help from another person B. use for a short time and then return C. like very much D. lend 3. The passage does not say it, but we can guess that_______. A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools 4. Harvard University began_______. A. in 1731                    B. in 1730 C. in 1833                    D. in 1638 5. At the library that Franklin started, ________. A. people could use books for no money at all B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that D. both A and B 答案：1.C    第二段中列举了两个人，即Bray和Franklin，他们都为美国公共图书馆的发展作出了重要贡献，因此C项最恰当，而其他选项都不全面。 2.B    borrow意为“借”，即使用一段时间后归还，故答案为B。 3.A    由文章第一段的第二句“This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University.”可以判断出，哈佛大学是在成立之后才有的图书馆，因此A项正确，而其他三项都与文章内容不符。 4.D    由文章第一段的第一、二句“In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University.”可知，答案为D 5.B    由文章第二段的最后一句“In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.”可知，A项错误。而C项与事实不符，故答案为B。

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