13.Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Bambamarca in Peru.He knew
how to read but he had never seen a book in his life.So he asked the new priest(牧师)in his village to give him one.But there was no electricity.So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.The next morning,he was at the door of the priest asking for another book to read.
John Medcalf,the priest,was moved.He also realised that people would love to read if given a chance.But he knew how difficult it was for Leonardo and those in his village to get books.And yet,no one can be taught to read and write without books.To make people in a poor,faraway area grow to love books,they have to be with them.So he thought the only way was to bring books to people.
But how could this be done?Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the rocky,hilly land of Peru.So what other method could be used?
M-call got a new idea from the barefoot(赤脚)doctors of China.And that was how
the barefoot librarians(图书管理员)first appeared in the villages of northern Peru,almost thirty years ago.
The librarian s began by going from village to village,lending books to villagers.They helped start The 12ura1Library Network of Peru.
At first,they were teachers of the village schools which these faraway libraries belonged to.But the teachers were not very interested in the job because it meant a lot of hat work.
So,villagee lders took on the job themselves.
Today,th ere are 600village libraries across Peru.The barefoot librarians who walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books are their lifeline.
38.The first paragraph tells us that LeonardoD
A.had a lot of books
B.bought candles from others
C.stayed in the church
D.enjoyed reading books
39.The underlined word"this"in Paragraph 3probably refers to(指)B
A.to grow to love books
B.to bring books to people
C.to read and write
D.to build a new library
40.The passage doesn't mentionC
A,when the barefoot librarians appeared
B.who worked as village librarians at first
C.where Medcalf met Chinese doctors
D.how many village libraries Peru has today
41.It can be inferred(推断)from the passage thatD.
A.the first church in Peru was set up by John Medcalf
B.car libraries used to be popular in Leonardo's village
C.teachers were interested in bringing books to villagers
D.the barefoot librarians are important to village libraries.
分析 本文是一篇记叙文.主要讲述了在秘鲁班巴马卡地区的一个小山村里有个叫莱昂纳多的孩子很喜欢读书,对书的热爱打动了牧师.怎么才能帮助这些山区的读书爱好者呢?中国的赤脚医生,给予了牧师灵感.从此在秘鲁就出现了一批赤脚图书管理员,带着书一个村一个村的轮流转,供给山区的读书爱好者轮流借阅.
解答 38.答案:D.细节理解题.根据"Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.The next morning,he was at the door of the priest asking for another book to read."可知莱昂纳多很喜欢读书.故选D.
39.答案:B.词义理解题.根据"So he thought the only way was to bring books to people."可知"But how could this be done?""怎么才能做的这一点呢"中的this指的是如何把书带给人们.故选B.
40.答案:C.细节理解题.根据"Medcalf got a new idea from the barefoot(赤脚)doctors of China."只是介绍了中国的赤脚医生给予了他灵感,并没有提及什么时间见到的赤脚医生.故选C.
41.答案:D.推理判断题.根据"The barefoot librarians who walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books are their lifeline."可知这些赤脚图书管理员对于村庄图书馆来说是很重要的,是他们的生命线.故选D.
点评 首先要仔细阅读短文,掌握大意,然后结合具体的题目再读短文,找出需要的信息,就可以确定正确答案.