Are those books for（).

听力原文：M: Were those books ordered by Ellinwood or Renter？

W: Hardin ordered them.

Q: By whom Were the books ordered？

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A．Ellinwood.

B．Reuter.

C．Hardin.

D．The woman.

ut oar library cards.

M: That's right, but not those reference books.

Q: What does the man mean？

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A．Students with a library card can check any book out.

B． Reference books are not allowed to be checked out.

C． Only students with a library card can check out reference books.

D． The number of books a student can check out it unlimited.

What kind of workers does the writer like to employ（雇佣）？ ()

A． Those who have the same ideas as she does．

B． Those who get on well with the public．

C． Those who can sell her books around the world．

D．Those who have big families and new ideas．

, which are in two main locations. (29) One is the library itself, with books and periodicals; the other is the self-access language center, with audio and video material.

We have two main sections for the books and another for periodicals and journals. The books are in two categories: those for general loan and those for reference. (30) General loan books are all on the first floor and they can be borrowed for three weeks by full-time students. Upstairs you will see our reference section. (30) The reference section includes current abstracts and indexed journals, general and special bibliographies, indexes, general English and European language encyclopedias, a complete set of British Standards, substantial collections of British government publications and sets of maps of Scotland, all in addition to other reference material of a general and specialized interest. As you know, (30) reference books may not be taken out of the library under any circumstance.

(30)The Library tries to provide as full selection as possible of supplementary reading material. Students are expected to buy prescribed textbooks and copies of these are usually only held in the reserve collection on the ground floor for study use only within the library. They can't be taken out of the library. (31) An inexpensive photocopy service is provided in the library and facilities are available to produce enlarged copies from microforms. Other equipment available includes microfilm readers, engineering drawing boards, a light table, tape slide units and typewriters.

(30)

A．Books and resources.

B．Books and periodicals.

C．Audio and video material.

D．Audio and periodicals.

hat a lot of pages are turning brown and becoming brittle.

M: Yes, Unfortunately, that's a common problem with books made from wood pulp.

W: I suppose that to make paper from wood you have to add a lot of chemicals and acids to make it tam white.

M: Exactly, and it's the acid that eventually eats away the paper.

W: Oh, that actually makes sense, but this book's not even 75 years old and I've seen books in museum that are hundreds of years old and they're in fine condition.

M: Well, you see, books have been made from wood pulp only since the 1850s, before that they were made from materials mostly animals' skins, and no chemicals were added.

W: It's a shame those older wood pulp books are going to fall apart some day. is there anything that can be done to preserve them？

M: En, currently the only way to stop the books from decaying is to remove the binding and treat each page individually to remove the acid.

W: That doesn't sound very economical.

M: No, it isn't. It's not practical to treat a large number of books with this process, so we only try to rescue the most valuable edition books in our collection.

W: Well, thanks for the explanation. I'd better got back to my project.

M: Good luck and I hope the old book will hold long enough for you to finish it.

(27)

A．The early history of bookbinding.

B．How old books become valuable.

C．Economical ways to protect old books.

D．Why some books decay.

pent almost half. of her long life in China, a country on a continent thousands of miles from the Unite States. In her lifetime she earned this country's most highly acclaimed literary award, the Pulitzer Prize, and also the most prestigious form. of literary recognition in the world, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pearl S. Buck was almost a household word throughout much of her lifetime because of her productive literary output, which consisted of some eighty-five published works, including several dozen novels, six collections of short stories, fourteen books for children and more than a dozen works of nonfiction. When she was eighty years old, some twenty-five volumes were awaiting publication.

Many of those books were set in China, the land in which she spent so much of her life. Her books and her life served as a bridge between the cultures of the East and the West. As the product of those two cultures she became, as she described herself, “mentally double-sided”. Her unique background made her into an unusually interesting and versatile human being. As we examine the life of Pearl Buck, we cannot help but be aware that we are in fact meeting three separate people: a wife and mother, an internationally famous writer and a humanitarian and a charitable person. One cannot really get to know Pearl Buck without learning about each of the three. Though honored in her lifetime with the William Dean Howell Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in addition to the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, Pearl Buck as a total human being, not only a famous author, is a fascinating subject of study.

(30)

A．Everything at State University has changed in the past ten years.

B．Although the campus looks the same, some things have changed at State University.

C．In spite of the changes on the campus, the commitments of the State University remain the same.

D．Everything has stayed the same at State University during the past ten years.

听力原文：M: Do you know what happened to me today？ I was so embarrassed.

W: What？

M: Well, Dr. Brown's class finished ten minutes early, so I went to the library between classes. I knew I didn't have much time, but I wanted to get those books on the Industrial Revolution. I looked them up in the card catalog and went right to the stacks and found them. So t put them in my book bag and headed back toward the door. Then it happened. The exit gate in front of the door wouldn't open, and a guard immediately, warned me that I hadn't checked out my books. He thought I was trying to steal them.

W: That must have been embarrassing. But why didn't the exit gate open？

M: I asked them that. It seems the books in the library are all magnetically coded, and when you check them out, the librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them, then the exit gate will open.

W: How interesting! I still don't quite understand how they do it, though. I'll have to go to the library and see it for myself.

(20)

A．One of his classes finished early.

B．His books were ten days overdue.

C．He wanted to get some studying done.

D．The library had a special display on the Industrial Revolution.

t conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or manured(施肥于) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers.

People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently-this, after all, is what conquerors and generals have done—is not being civilized. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side, and then saying that that side which has killed most has won. And not only has it won, but, because it has won, it has been in the right. For that is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right.

That is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed or mutilated. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets-while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life—nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.

The first sentence of the passage tells us that ______.

A．most history books were written by conquerors, generals and soldiers

B．those who really helped civilization forward is not mentioned in any history book

C．conquerors, generals and soldiers should not be mentioned in history books

D．history books tells us far more about conquerors and soldiers than about those who really helped civilization forward

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: I this part you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D ). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

How to Create a Home Library

"I cannot live without books," declared U. S. President Thomas Jefferson to his friend John Adams. Indeed, Jefferson was an obsessive book collector from a young age, amassing (收集) three separate home libraries in his lifetime. Jefferson's library was considered the finest in the country, and his collection doubled the holdings of the Library of Congress. Still, Jefferson didn't let the shelves at Monticello sit empty. By the time he died 11 years later, he had more than 2 000 volumes in his library.

Jefferson's library might fit your conception of an old-fashioned home library with leather-bound books, wood paneling and uncomfortable furniture. But home libraries can be a dynamic expression of the owner's personality. Creating a home library is a fun way to display your interests while establishing a special space for reading.

Home Library Organization

When you started using the public library, you probably learned about Melvil Dewey and his system for ordering libraries. The Dewey Decimal Classification System has ten broad categories for organizing books, including philosophy, religion and the arts. Each category is assigned a number, so for example, when you want a book on modern art, you head to the 700 block. Larger libraries, such as those at universities, tend to use the Library of Congress Classification System because it offers a more specific array of subjects for categorization, adding subjects such as medicine and law for a total of 21 categories.

Your home library may or may not be as large as your local public library, but a good system of organization will still help you find the book you want quickly. You could take a page from Dewey and the Library of Congress and sort books by subject matter. Sections for subjects such as history, technology or fiction might make their retrieval easier. This system also would allow you to highlight a particular passion, such as an extensive collection of World War II history.

Here are some other ways to organize a collection.

Alphabetizing by author works well for fiction but not necessarily for nonfiction books of various subjects.

Judging a book by its cover is usually frowned upon, but sorting by color can be aesthetically pleasing to some. Those generally forgetful about the colors of their books might disagree.

After a painful breakup, the main character in Nick Hornby's book "High Fidelity" organizes his record collection autobiographically in the order he acquired them. A chronological organization might include shelves that track the progress of your life, from beloved childhood reading and college text-books to parenting books.

To some readers, there are two ways to look at books: read and unread. Prioritizing (区分优先次序) when you might need the book will allow you to keep unread books at the forefront of your collection, as well as books you reach for frequently, such as reference books or favorite novels.

Library Furniture

While it might be difficult for a book lover to spend money on something other than books, at some point ,you will need some bookshelves. Built-in, bookshelves can provide floor-to-ceiling storage and space savings. They can be tucked under staircases or other out-of-the-way spaces; however, they're not a good choice for renters, and they can represent a big investment in terms of price and installation. Freest

A．built three libraries for Congress

B．built three libraries at his home

C．donated books for three libraries

D．collected books from three libraries

听力原文： Henry Smith taught science at the City School. Once he went to a bookstore and bought some books, most of which were expensive ones. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o'clock he came back to the car. One window was open, and the books were gone! Henry drove back to his home on Lake Street. That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police. On Friday people read an advertisement in the newspaper:

BOOK WANTED

Have you any books that you no longer want？ I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Henry Smith, 18 Lake Street.

Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o'clock. Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine, another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.

"Mr. Smith？" the man asked.

"That's right," Henry said. "Can I help you？"

"I have some good books. You buy books, don't you？"

"Yes, bring them in. I'll have a look at them."

Soon the books were on the dining-table. "Come in now," Henry called out, "and bring the list."

A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the rifles on the books and then those on the list in his hand. They were the same.

"Come with me, sir," the policeman said to the man.

(30)

A．He bought them from Henry.

B．He bought them at a bookstore.

C．He found them lying in a quiet street.

D．He took them from a car.

taken paperback sales on Amazons US site. Amazons Kindle 2 is so light and so cheap that its easy to see why people have rushed to buy it. Though Im still not keen on the design of the Kindle, it is a vast improvement on its predecessor and certainly tolerable. Beyond the device itself, Amazon has done a great job of rolling out Kindle apps, ensuring that people like me-who have an iPad but not a Kindle-can still join in the fun. Once youre into the Kindle ecosystem, Amazon locks you in tightly-just as Apple does with its iTunes/ iPod ecosystem. Its so easy to buy from Amazons store and the books are so cheap that its not worth the effort of going elsewhere. While I remain opposed to Amazons DRM (数字版权管理)-indeed, Im opposed to DRM on any ebooks-I have to admit that the implementation is so smooth that most Kindle users wont care at all that their ebooks cant be moved to other devices. The ebook trend is nowhere near peaking. Over the next five years we can expect to see more and more readers move away from printed books and pick up ebooks instead. But I dont think that will mean the death of the printed book. There are some who prefer printed books. They like having shelves filled with books theyve read and books they plan to read; they like the feel of the book in their hands and the different weights and typefaces and layouts of different titles. In other words, they like the physical form. of the book almost as much as the words it contains. I can sympathise with those people. As I wrote earlier this week, my ideal situation would be for publishers to bundle ebooks with printed ones-in much the same way that film studios btmdie DVDs with digital copies of films. Theres no reason to think that lovers of printed books will change their minds. There will undoubtedly be fewer of them as time goes by because more people will grow up with ebooks and spend little time with printed ones. However, just as there are people who love vinyl records(黑胶唱片), even if they were born well into the CD era, there will still be a dedicated minority who love physical books. Since there are fewer of these people, that will mean fewer bookshops and higher prices for printed books but I dont think the picture is entirely bleak. There is scope for smaller print runs of lavishly designed printed books and bookshops aimed at book lovers, rather than the Stieg Larsson-reading masses. With mainstream readers out of the printed book market, book lovers might even find they get a better experience. What can be inferred from Paragraph One？

A.Most people buy Kindle 2 mainly because of its low price.

B.The author of the passage is a loyal customer of Apple products.

C.Amazons Kindle 2 surpassed Kindle 1 in designing.

D.The sales of ebook outnumbered those of paperback in the U. S.