Question

【题目】 The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people’s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have come up with many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses.

In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a new way to save their red phone box. 【1】. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers rallied together to set up the book box after their mobile library service was cancelled. Over 100 books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library. 【2】.

People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they’d like to read. 【3】. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.

【4】. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit at night. “ It’s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,” said the villagers.

A. It was used as an inventory to store books.

B. The books are of different kinds, ranging from cooking books to the classics.

C. They turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area.

D. However, not everyone can get access to the library.

E. The books in the library are always changing.

F. Anyone is free to come to read books there.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】E

【4】F

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍英国传统文化的完美典范——红色电话亭被保留的方式。

【1】上文提示“英国西南部萨默塞特郡的一个村庄里，村民们发现了一种保存红色电话亭的新方法。”再根据下文提示“这个想法是由住在电话亭对面的当地村民珍妮特·费希尔提出的。”承接上下文，C项They turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area.（他们把它变成了一个迷你图书馆，以应对当地图书馆的短缺。）切题。该项中的it指代的是the phone box。故选C项。

【2】上文提示“这个小图书馆里有100多本书、各种电影和音乐光盘。”承接上文，B项The books are of different kinds, ranging from cooking books to the classics.（这些书种类繁多，从烹饪书到古典名著应有尽有。）是进一步的说明，故选B项。

【3】上文提示“人们可以把他们读过的书放在电话亭里，然后拿走他们想读的书。”承接上文，E项The books in the library are always changing.（图书馆里的书总是在变。）切题。故选E项。

【4】根据下文提示“电话亭图书馆每天24小时开放，晚上点灯。”承接下文，F项Anyone is free to come to read books there.（任何人都可以来这里读书。）切题。故选F项。