题目内容
Growing up as a youngster, and even today as somewhat of an “oldie”, there is nothing I like better than being able to go to a library. To be honest I have good memories of a tiny library in the remote north of Australia in a town called Roe Bourne, where I did a lot of my research for my masters. I think it was just the feeling of peace that was found inside.
What’s fascinated me here since coming to China is the way that many people use bookshops as virtual libraries. I’ve noticed in some of the huge bookstores that many customers will pick up a book or magazine and then just spend hours reading it in the shop. Some even just sit down right there on the floor and start reading – I’ve even seen some fellow bring a fold-up chair!
It’s quite a contrast really because back home in the bookshops or newsagents usually the boss prefers that we don’t touch the books or magazines in case we dirty them, rip them or try to steal them. One of their more common remarks to a customer who is looking at a text is, “Are you going to buy that? This isn’t a library you know.” What a pain!
Anyway these days I wonder if it is all changing.
With the internet becoming so pervasive and so many books, magazines and journals going electronic, in many ways it is cheaper and more efficient to just have everything available online. Though for all its efficiencies, I wonder if we lose something if we stop investing in public libraries.
I don’t feel the same romanticism for knowledge and literature when I go to a net bar to research nor do I think senior citizens feel comfortable surfing online in such public places amid gaming and qq chatters.
1. From the first paragraph, we can guess that________.
A.The writer is kind of a bookworm.
B.The writer was born in Roe Bourne
C.The writer was once a researcher in Australia.
D.The writer does not like libraries
2. According to the writer which of the following is NOT the fact about bookshops in China and the writer’s hometown?
A.Chinese people usually spend hours reading in the bookshops.
B.Chinese people use bookshops as virtual libraries.
C.The shopowner in the writer’s hometown doesn’t like people to touch the books for fear that the books get dirty.
D.The shopowner in the writer’s hometown often persuade readers to buy the books.
3. What’s the writer’s opinion about internet?
A.Internet has much efficiency.
B.He prefers a library rather than internet.
C.People will lose everything if investment in public libraries is stopped.
D.It’s a romance to go to a net bar talking amid gaming and qq chatters.
ADB