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When was the last time you used a phone booth on the street? With the rise of mobile phones, they have become something out of date. But Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries.

Shanghai plans to divide 263 phone booths in Xuhui District into six new types. One type will each offer 60 books for people to read or borrow. A second type will allow users to listen to audiobooks and even record their own voices. A third type will become “Celebrity Exhibition Halls (名人亭)”, showing old photos and works of famous artists like Ba Jin and Zhang Leping.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them even more, since the red phone booths have long been a part of the country’s identity*. The world’s first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s the UK painted them red and made them a special attraction in cities.

In recent years the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens and free WiFi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online and search for maps and weather reports. The company also allows people to rent some booths to change them as they want to. Since 2009, more than 1,500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafés, art museums and even shower rooms, according to the Sina News. Besides, the town has made it into a museum to show visitors the local history. Today the phone booths is filled with photographs, ancient jewelry, and paintings, which anyone can stop in to admire. Every three months, they will change for a new theme.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become city attractions once again, but in a more creative way.

1.How many books will each library booth in Shanghai offer?

A. 263. B. 60. C. 360. D. 1,500.

2.Among the six new types of phone booths in Shanghai, people can NOT_______.

A. read and borrow books B. listen to audiobooks

C. record their own voices D. play video games

3.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. British Telecom has new ways to reuse telephone booths.

B. The British can buy flowers from a telephone booth.

C. If you want to take a shower in the UK, just enter a booth.

D. The red phone booths in the UK have been useless for years.

4.What can we infer from the story?

A. No one wants to use the telephone booths now.

B. Britain’s red phone booths are losing their social identity.

C. Phone booths will attract people’s attention again.

D. Phone booths around the world are becoming popular.

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