(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 (裝點)，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 (補(bǔ)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

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。文章為我們介紹了一個充滿愛心、給讀者帶來便利的特殊圖書館。本文雖然是一篇說明文，但并不枯燥，如講故事般娓娓道來。

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2.2】解析：選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句“A year ago，shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the...”可知Janey是受到一個報道的啟發(fā)才有建圖書館的想法的，故D項正確。

3.3】解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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.”可知該圖書館看起來像個郵箱，故C項正確。

4.4】解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，在前面掛上一個布告板是為了告知使用者“拿走一本，返還一本”，以避免圖書丟失，從而使圖書館長久存在，故C項正確。布告板是the family制作并懸掛的，而不是使用者，故A項錯誤；B項“這標(biāo)志著對圖書館的最后裝點”與原文中的“After adding the library’s final touches...”相矛盾；掛布告板的目的是提醒使用者而非表明這是家庭的私有財產(chǎn)，故排除D項。

5.5】解析：選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Since then，the collection keeps replenishing(補(bǔ)充)itself，thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers.The library now gets an average of five visits a day.”可知，借用人捐贈了很多書，故A項正確。文中未提及使用者為圖書館收集書會有報酬，排除B項；C項中的receive應(yīng)改為give；D項說“使用者平均每天去圖書館超過五次”，與原文“圖書館每天平均會有五次拜訪”不相符。

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