Question

College libraries are designed primarily for research and study. To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．

    Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called The Sun Also Rises by American writer Hemingway．The first step is to go to the main catalog．Many small drawers on the large wooden cabinets are lined up in alphabetical(字母的) order．Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical ordered cards．These cards are printed references to all material available in the library．Title cards are cataloged by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”．And then you get the cards for the books you need．On the upper left corner of each card is the call number．This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．The library has open and closed stacks．If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-stack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself．There are only about 30,000 books on open stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate students.

    For undergraduates like you, borrowing books from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian．In that case, you must fill out a call slip(纸条) for the book, showing the call number, author and title．You can get call slips on tables near the catalog cabinets．You show your call slip together with your library card to a librarian at the information desk．He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks.

1.What is the main purpose of this text?

A. To present readers a brief introduction to a college library．

B. To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library.

C. To tell readers how to fill out a call slip in a college library.

D. To show readers where to find books in a college library.

2.What letter you should look for on the title card for the book The Old Man and the Sea by the Hemingway?

A. The letter  “t”.     B. The letter  “h”.    C. The letter  “o”.     D. The letter  “s”.

3.How are books arranged and shelved in the library?

A. By call numbers.           B. By call slips of authors’ names.

C. In alphabetical order.   D. By the first word of book title.

4.Suppose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?

a. go to the main catalog         b. show your call slip and library card

c. find out the call number    d. fill out a call slip

e. get the cards for the books

A. a-b-e-d-c      B. b-a-c-d-e             C. a-e-c-d-b       D. b-c-a-e-d

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲的是教大学生怎么在图书馆找书。先找到目录，再找书卡和卡号，填写卡单，再出示图书卡和卡单。

1.写作意图题：从第一段的句子：To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．可知这篇文章讲的是教大学生怎么在图书馆找书。选B

2.细节题：从第二段的句子：Title cards are cataloged by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”．可知标题卡片是以开头的单词的首字母为顺序的，要排除冠词，所以The Old Man and the Sea 应该是在字母ｏ的字母卡里面找，选C

3.细节题：从第二段的句子：On the upper left corner of each card is the call number．This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．可知图书馆的书是以卡号排列的，选A

4.排序题：从第二段的内容：可知先找到目录，在找书卡，然后是卡号，从第三段的句子：可知先填写卡单，再出示图书卡和卡单，选C

考点：考查日常生活类短文