In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to bee members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
【小题1】The main idea of paragraph 2 is .A． Franklin started the first subscription libraryB． in a subscription library people pay money to bee membersC． Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public librariesD． Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833【小题2】The underlined word “borrow” means . A．read and write with no help from another personB．use for a short time and then returnC．like very much D．lend【小题3】The reading does not say it, but we can guess that . A．there were free schools in the United States before there were free librariesB．free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same timeC．the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in itD．there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools【小题4】Harvard University began . A．in 1731 B．in 1730 C．in 1833 D．in 1638【小题5】At the library that Franklin started, . A．children could use books for no money at allB．people paid a little money in the beginning but none after thatC．people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after thatD．both A and BC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文主要介绍了图书馆的由来
【小题1】根据第二段内容，可知答案为C
【小题2】根据对于文章的理解，选B
【小题3】根据对于整个文章的理解，可知答案为A
【小题4】根据常识和对于课文的内容“This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard”.推测可知答案为D
【小题5】根据文章的内容“In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to bee members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.”
可知答案为B