Question

                        (B)

     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 after John Harvard a year later.

     Thomas Bray began the first parish library (教区图书馆) in the late 17th century. He set up more than 30 of 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 become 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.

() 6. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is .

   A. Franklin started the first subscription library

   B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members

   C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

   D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1790

() 7. The underlined word “borrow” means “”.

   A. hear from another person   

    B. use for a short time and then return

   C. like very much   

    D. lend

() 8. We can infer (推断) from the passage that .

   A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

   B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

   C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

   D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

() 9. The university was named after John Harvard .

   A. in 1731   B. in 1730   

    C. in 1833   D. in 1639

() 10. At the library that Franklin started, .

   A. children could use books for free

   B. people paid some money in the beginning but none after that

   C. people paid some money when they borrowed the books

   D. both A and B

 

Answer 1

6.C  7.B  8.A  9.D  10.B