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【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

In the United States, most cities have public libraries. Inside most libraries are hundreds of books－and sometimes more!－many of which are available for taking home. Of course, you have to bring any book you borrow back to the library when you're done.

Libraries help people find information. As the ways people find information change, libraries need to change, too. The Internet is a tool that helps people find information much faster than if they were to look in books, so a lot of libraries have begun using computers and technology to help people keep learning.

The New York Public Library is the most famous library in New York City. When the main branch was opened in 1911, it had a collection of over one million books. Outside this main building, two giant stone lions guard the entrance. Since the library is over one hundred years old, bringing in new technology is not easy.

The New York Public Library now has computers in every building. You can use the computers to go on the Internet or to write a paper. The librarians will help if you have a question and there are even free classes to help people learn how to use new computer programs. But this is only the beginning of how the library wants to use technology.

In the basement of the library, there is a room filled with computer programmers and designers who are bringing new technology to the library. This place is called the NYPL Labs. Ben Vershbow runs the NYPL Labs. He wants to help the library reach more people. Ben runs projects using "crowdsourcing."

"Crowdsourcing" means getting a lot of people involved to help with a project. Ben is currently using the Internet to find people to help with the library's collection of menus. The library has thousands and thousands of old menus. You can see what people ate in the year 1900 and find out how much that food cost.

In the past, only people in New York could use the New York Public Library. Now, the library is online and everyone can enjoy it. Thanks to technology, we have a new kind of library.

【1】What do libraries help people find?

【2】Which library is the most famous library in the New York City?

【3】Why does Ben Vershbow run the NYPL Labs?

【4】What can we find with the old menus in the New York Public Library?

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Information.

【2】The New York Public Library.

【3】Because he wants to help the library reach more people.

【4】We can see what people ate in the year 1900 and fred out how much that food cost.

【5】It talks about how technology and computers changed the New York Public Library.

【解析】

文章大意：在美国，大多数城市都有公共图书馆。图书馆帮助人们寻找信息。随着人们发现信息的方式改变，图书馆也需要改变。因特网是一种帮助人们比在书中查找信息快得多的工具，因此许多图书馆已经开始使用计算机和技术来帮助人们继续学习。纽约公共图书馆是纽约市最著名的图书馆。纽约公共图书馆现在每栋楼都有电脑。在图书馆的地下室里，有一个房间，里面坐满了将新技术带到图书馆的计算机程序员和设计师。“众包”意味着让很多人参与到项目中来。多亏了科技，我们有了一种新的图书馆。

【1】细节理解题。根据Libraries help people find information. 图书馆帮助人们寻找信息。可知，故答案为Information.

【2】细节理解题。根据The New York Public Library is the most famous library in New York City. 纽约公共图书馆是纽约市最著名的图书馆。可知，故答案为 The New York Public Library.

【3】细节理解题。根据Ben Vershbow runs the NYPL Labs. He wants to help the library reach more people. Ben Vershbow负责纽约公共实验室。他想帮助图书馆接触更多的人。可知，故答案为Because he wants to help the library reach more people.

【4】细节理解题。根据he library has thousands and thousands of old menus. You can see what people ate in the year 1900 and find out how much that food cost. 他图书馆有成千上万的旧菜单。你可以看到人们在1900年吃了什么，然后知道这些食物的价格。可知，故答案为We can see what people ate in the year 1900 and fred out how much that food cost.

【5】细节理解题。根据Now, the library is online and everyone can enjoy it. Thanks to technology, we have a new kind of library. 现在，图书馆上线了，每个人都可以享受。多亏了科技，我们有了一种新的图书馆。可知，故答案为It talks about how technology and computers changed the New York Public Library.