Question

Britain is very fortunate in its system of public lending-libraries. These libraries have a of some 115 million books. And about one-third of the population are of public libraries. This lending and reference library service is, with some limitation, free.

Public libraries not only lend books, music scores(乐谱) and records, but also supply special libraries to , among children, patients in hospital and prisoners, and they in many kinds of extra activities, reading, lectures, film shows, music circles and cooperation in adult education.

The greatest and most famous library in Britain is that of the British Museum, which over six million books. A copy of every book, magazine, newspaper, etc. in Great Britain, must be sent to the British Museum. The reading room of the Museum is famous for the of scholars and people who have studied in it. The British Museum Library is not, by the way, a library.

The second library in Britain is the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The National Library of Scotland, Cambridge University Library, and the National Library of Wales are also famous and may a copy of every new issued in Britain. There is also a National Library for the blind, over 300,000 books in a specially type.

1.A. number B. plenty C. total D. quantity

2.A. members B. librarians C. citizens D. employees

3.A. others B. adults C. women D. people

4.A. give B. engage C. result D. succeed

5.A. as well as B. such as C. for example D. rather than

6.A. offers B. buys C. owns D. gets

7.A. sold B. published C. available D. obtained

8.A. number B. support C. mind D. devotion

9.A. diligent B. imaginative C. famous D. poor

10.A. valuable B. public C. borrowing D. lending

11.A. oldest B. latest C. largest D. best-known

12.A. lend B. print C. get D. buy

13.A. movie B. magazine C. novel D. publication

14.A. nearly B. with C. about D. almost

15.A. delivered B. made C. printed D. published

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍英国的图书馆文化。

1.C考查形容词辨析。A. number 数量；B. plenty 许多；C. total整个；D. quantity数量；句意：图书馆有大约一亿图书。A total of 总共，故选C项。

2.2】A考查名词辨析A. members 成员；B. librarians 图书管理员；C. citizens 市民；D. employees员工；句意：三分之一的人口是图书馆的会员，根据句意可知有许多的会员，故选A项。

3.3】A考查名词辨析A. others 他人；B. adults 成年人；C. women 女性；D. people人们；句意：公共图书馆不仅仅能借书，乐谱和唱片，还可以向人们提供特殊的图书。Supply sth to sb 提供某物给某人，故选A项。

4.4】B考查动词辨析A. give给；B. engage 从事；C. result 结果；D. succeed成功；句意：他们忙于各种额外的活动，比如说阅读，演讲，录像和成为教育的合作。Engage in 忙于做某事，故选B项。

5.5】B考查介词短语辨析A. as well as也；B. such as 例如；C. for example 举例；D. rather than而不是；句意：句意：他们忙于各种额外的活动，比如说阅读，演讲，录像和成为教育的合作。根据下方提到reading, lectures, film shows, music circles and cooperation in adult education表示列举，故选B项。

6.6】C考查动词辨析A. offers 提供；B. buys 买；C. owns 拥有；D. gets得到；句意：英国最大的图书馆是英国博物馆，这拥有六百万本书。根据句意可知选C项。

7.7】B考查动词辨析A. sold卖；B. published 出版；C. available可利用的；D. obtained得到；句意：在英国出版的每本书，杂志，报纸的复印件肯定会被送到英国博物馆。根据句意可知在英国出版的，故选B项。

8.8】A考查名词辨析A. number 数量；B. support 支持；C. mind 想法；D. devotion抛入；句意：博物馆的阅览室因为学者的数量和名人的数量而闻名。The number of 。。的数量，故选A项。

9.9】C考查形容词辨析A. diligent 勤奋的；B. imaginative 有想象力的；C. famous 有名的；D. poor穷的；句意：博物馆的阅览室因为学者的数量和名人的数量而闻名。根据语境可知选C项。

10.0】D考查语境理解A. valuable 有价值的；B. public 公共；C. borrowing借进；D. lending借出；句意：顺便说一下，英国博物馆图书馆不是借书的地方。根据语境可知选D项。

11.1】D考查形容词辨析A. oldest老的；B. latest 最新的；C. largest 最大的；D. best-known最有名的；句意：第二个英国有名的图书馆是牛津的博德利图书馆。根据倒数第二段提到The greatest and most famous library in Britain最大的最出名的图书馆，可知选D项。

12.2】C考查动词辨析A. lend借；B. print 印刷；C. get得到；D. buy买；句意：苏格兰国家图书馆剑桥大学图书馆 和威尔士国家图书馆也很有名，可以得到每份在英国出版的出版物的复印件。根据句意选C项。

13.3】D考查名词辨析A. movie 电影；B. magazine 杂志；C. novel小说；D. publication出版；句意：苏格兰国家图书馆剑桥大学图书馆 和威尔士国家图书馆也很有名，可以得到每份在英国出版的出版物的复印件。根据语境可知各种出版物，故选D项。

14.4】B考查语境理解A. nearly 几乎；B. with与。。；C. about 关于；D. almost几乎；句意：有为盲人设计的图书馆，有30万册图书用专门的印刷类型印制。根据语境可知表伴随，故选B项。

15.5】C考查动词辨析A. delivered 递送；B. made使；C. printed 印刷；D. published出版；句意：有为盲人设计的图书馆，有30万册图书用专门的印刷类型印制，根据语境可知是盲人，故特殊印刷，因此选C项。

考点：日常生活类短文