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【題目】閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

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：在美國，大多數(shù)城市都有公共圖書館。圖書館幫助人們尋找信息。隨著人們發(fā)現(xiàn)信息的方式改變，圖書館也需要改變。因特網(wǎng)是一種幫助人們比在書中查找信息快得多的工具，因此許多圖書館已經(jīng)開始使用計算機和技術來幫助人們繼續(xù)學習。紐約公共圖書館是紐約市最著名的圖書館。紐約公共圖書館現(xiàn)在每棟樓都有電腦。在圖書館的地下室里，有一個房間，里面坐滿了將新技術帶到圖書館的計算機程序員和設計師�！氨姲�”意味著讓很多人參與到項目中來。多虧了科技，我們有了一種新的圖書館。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Libraries help people find information. 圖書館幫助人們尋找信息。可知，故答案為Information.

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The New York Public Library is the most famous library in New York City. 紐約公共圖書館是紐約市最著名的圖書館�？芍�，故答案為 The New York Public Library.

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Ben Vershbow runs the NYPL Labs. He wants to help the library reach more people. Ben Vershbow負責紐約公共實驗室。他想幫助圖書館接觸更多的人�？芍�，故答案為Because he wants to help the library reach more people.

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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. 他圖書館有成千上萬的舊菜單。你可以看到人們在1900年吃了什么，然后知道這些食物的價格�？芍�，故答案為We can see what people ate in the year 1900 and fred out how much that food cost.

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Now, the library is online and everyone can enjoy it. Thanks to technology, we have a new kind of library. 現(xiàn)在，圖書館上線了，每個人都可以享受。多虧了科技，我們有了一種新的圖書館�？芍�，故答案為It talks about how technology and computers changed the New York Public Library.