Question

There are many rules (制度) in the old libraries. For example, no photos, no drinking and no phones. But now a lot of libraries don’t have too many rules. They paint the rooms beautiful colors so readers would like to read there. There aren’t hard chairs in these libraries.
There are nice sofas in them. Some of them are open 24 hours every day. In the libraries in America,
readers can make a 1free call. That means that they don’t need to pay any money for making a call. In the kid’s library in Denmark, children can sleep there if it is too late. In some libraries in Australia, they have a kids’ “story time”. 2今天图书馆是孩子们娱乐和学习知识的好去处。
任务（一）：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题1】Why do many libraries paint their rooms beautiful colors now?
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【小题2】In which country do some libraries have a kids’ “story time”?
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任务（二）：请写出1处下划线黑体单词“free”的汉语意思。
【小题3】________________________________________________________________________
任务（三）：请将文中2处划线的句子翻译成英语，每空一词。
【小题4】Today libraries are good places for kids to ________ ________ and learn something.
任务（四）：请给短文选择一个最恰当的英文标题。

【小题5】

A．New Libraries B．Library Rules C．Old Libraries D．Free Libraries

Answer 1

【小题1】Because readers would like to read there.
【小题2】In Australia.
【小题3】免费的 
【小题4】have fun.
【小题5】A

解析【小题1】从第一段的句子：they paint the rooms beautiful colors so readers would like to read there.可知是因为人们喜欢在那里读书： Because readers would like to read there.
【小题2】从文章的句子：In some libraries in Australia, they have a kids’ “story time”.可知是在澳大利亚有孩子们的故事时间 In Australia.
【小题3】从后面的句子：That means that they don’t need to pay any money可知free是免费的 
【小题4】考查词组：娱乐：have fun.
【小题5】文章的主旨是讲新型的图书馆，选A