When you borrow books from a library, you are usually required to return them so that others can read them later. However, there are some libraries where you are allowed to return nothing at all.

Unlike most other libraries, these libraries don’t lend books; they lend seeds!

A seed library is a place where people can borrow and donate seeds. It is different from a seed bank which only stores seeds. It encourages people to plant and share seeds. Seeds in a seed library are often kept dry and cool in small packets. People can read the name of the plant varieties(种类) on the packet.

If you want to grow your own plants, such as potatoes or tomatoes, you can borrow seeds from a seed library. You can first choose the seeds you’d like to plant. Then, you take the seeds to the circulation desk(图书借还处) to “borrow” them. You don’t need to return the seeds unless you succeed in growing strong and healthy plants. Some seed libraries also provide gardening books to teach you how to plant the seeds.

At present, there’s only a small group of seed libraries in the world, but the number is growing. People who have created these seed libraries want to protect plant diversity(多样性) by offering people a place where they can obtain knowledge about plants and planting. They believe that protecting plant diversity is not only the job of botanists, but all of us.

1.What can people do in a seed library?

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2.How are seeds kept in a seed library?

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3.Do you need to return seeds to a seed library?

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4.Why do people create these seed libraries?

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5.Whose job is it to protect plant diversity?

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1.They can borrow and donate seeds. 2.They are kept in small packets. 3.No, you don’t. 4.To protect plant diversity. 5.All of us. 【解析】试题分析:本文是一篇说明文,介绍了一个神奇的图书馆——种子图书馆。这个图书馆不借书,可以借种子,而且借...

My name is Jack. I work in New York. Some people think it is a big city(城市). But I don't like living here. I don't have much ______ to buy a house. So I have to rent(租) one. The house is across from the train station. I can see trains come and go from my house. It's ______ all day. I can't ______ well at night.

The traffic(交通) here is terrible, too. There are too many cars on the street. So it's ______ for me to drive to work. There are also many people on the bus and on the subway.

I have to ______ lots of money in living here. To get more money, I ______ go out to work at night.

I ______ my life in the village. The air is clean and the life is quiet. I can't get much money, ______ I can live with my family. I can see many kinds of ______ there, like dogs and cats. I really want to go back to the ______ soon.

1.A. money B. food C. time D. water

2.A. quiet B. busy C. rainy D. noisy

3.A. eat B. climb C. sleep D. skate

4.A. relaxing B. Easy C. difficult D. important

5.A. take B. pay C. bring D. spend

6.A. never B. often C. still D. only

7.A. forget B. study C. keep D. enjoy

8.A. but B. and C. so D. because

9.A. books B. hotels C. parks D. animals

10.A. town B. village C. country D. city

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.B 【解析】本文杰克介绍了自己在城市的生活,住在吵闹的房子里,晚上睡不好觉,路上交通拥挤,城市生活需要花很多钱。为了得到更多的钱,他经常在晚上出去工作。;相比乡村生活,他更喜欢乡村生活。空气干净,生活安静。虽然不能赚到很多钱,但他可以和家人住在一起。在那里他能看...

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