Question

(2013·高考湖南卷，C)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 County 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 10th?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 (装点)，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 (补充) 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.”

1.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.

2.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

3.The library was built________.

A．by a ship supply company

B．on the basis of toy horses

C．like a mailbox

D．with glass

4.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.

5.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

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章为我们介绍了一个充满爱心、给读者带来便利的特殊图书馆。本文虽然是一篇说明文，但并不枯燥，如讲故事般娓娓道来。

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2.2】解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段首句“A year ago，shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the...”可知Janey是受到一个报道的启发才有建图书馆的想法的，故D项正确。

3.3】解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Son Austin，now a 10th?grader，didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox.”可知该图书馆看起来像个邮箱，故C项正确。

4.4】解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第五段第一句“...the family hung a signboard on the front，instructing users to‘take a book，return a book，’and making...”可知，在前面挂上一个布告板是为了告知使用者“拿走一本，返还一本”，以避免图书丢失，从而使图书馆长久存在，故C项正确。布告板是the family制作并悬挂的，而不是使用者，故A项错误；B项“这标志着对图书馆的最后装点”与原文中的“After adding the library’s final touches...”相矛盾；挂布告板的目的是提醒使用者而非表明这是家庭的私有财产，故排除D项。

5.5】解析：选A。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Since then，the collection keeps replenishing(补充)itself，thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers.The library now gets an average of five visits a day.”可知，借用人捐赠了很多书，故A项正确。文中未提及使用者为图书馆收集书会有报酬，排除B项；C项中的receive应改为give；D项说“使用者平均每天去图书馆超过五次”，与原文“图书馆每天平均会有五次拜访”不相符。