Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　In the United States, most cities have two kinds of telephone books, each providing a special list of telephone numbers. Copies of these books can be found at all public telephones and in most hotel and motel rooms.

　　On book(usually with white pages) is called the “Alphabetical Listing”. It lists the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of people in the area. The names are listed alphabetically with the last or surname(姓氏) first. The second book is called the “classified(分类)” or “Yellow Pages” and lists all of the business, hotels, restaurants, shops, theaters and services in the area. This listing is arranged according to the type of establishment. You can learn much about the city and what it has to offer by looking through the “Yellow Pages”, for example, under the heading of “schools”, “repairs” or “special food”.

　　In addition, both kinds of telephone books contain useful information about how to use telephone, and about special services that are available. For example, there are numbers you can call to learn the correct time, the weather and traffic information. You can also learn telephone call rates(价格) and the time of the week when the telephone can be used most cheaply for making calls outside the local area.

Questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，不超过五个单词)

1．How many kinds of telephone books are there in the United States? How are they different?

There are ________ ________, and they are different ________ ________.

2．Where could you most probably find a telephone book?

________ ________ ________ and in most hotel and motel rooms.

3．If you want to make a phone call to get to know how much a hotel charges each night, which telephone book should you get?

The one ________ ________ ________.

4．If you want to know the phone number of your friend, who has moved to a new place, which telephone book should you get?

The one ________ ________ ________.

5．Why are telephone books in two different colours?

Telephone books of different colours ________ ________ ________.

6．Besides phone numbers, what kind of information of services can you get from the telephone books? Name at least THREE kinds.

________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

Did you notice the number on the book in a library? That number is part of the system used by libraries to organize their collections of books. And it’s used in many countries. The number on each book tells you exactly what kind of book it is. This system is also useful for knowing where to go in the library to find a book.
In this system, there are ten large groups of books. Each of these groups has its own number, such as 100, 200, etc. So, for example, any books about language will have a number 400. On the other hand, any books about history will have a number 900. So, a number in the hundreds place tells you what general group a book is in. If you find a book that has a number in the 500s, you know it is a book about science.
However, science is a big group, so the tens place is used to make a more detailed set of science books. For example, math books are included in the group of science books. Math books all have numbers between 510 and 519. Books about the history of Africa have numbers between 960 and 969.
The system uses the ones place to give a more exact limit for the subject of a book. A book on the history of South Africa will have the number 968.
As you can see, it is a simple system to use as long as you understand what the numbers mean. With this system, the library can keep its books well organized, and people can easily find the book that they want.
【小题1】The reading is about       .

Did you notice the number on the book in a library? That number is part of the system used by libraries to organize their collections of books. And it’s used in many countries. The number on each book tells you exactly what kind of book it is. This system is also useful for knowing where to go in the library to find a book.

In this system, there are ten large groups of books. Each of these groups has its own number, such as 100, 200, etc. So, for example, any books about language will have a number 400. On the other hand, any books about history will have a number 900. So, a number in the hundreds place tells you what general group a book is in. If you find a book that has a number in the 500s, you know it is a book about science.

However, science is a big group, so the tens place is used to make a more detailed set of science books. For example, math books are included in the group of science books. Math books all have numbers between 510 and 519. Books about the history of Africa have numbers between 960 and 969.

The system uses the ones place to give a more exact limit for the subject of a book. A book on the history of South Africa will have the number 968.

As you can see, it is a simple system to use as long as you understand what the numbers mean. With this system, the library can keep its books well organized, and people can easily find the book that they want.

1.The reading is about       .

   A. libraries

B. working in a library

   C. how numbers are organized

D. how books are organized in libraries

2.The number system is NOT used to       .

   A. find where a book is 

B. tell you the title of a book

   C. tell you what kind of book a book is        

D. organize the collections of books in libraries

3.According to the reading, which sentence is TRUE?

   A. The number on a book can’t be bigger than 900.

   B. There are ten big groups for books in this system.

   C. History books can have any number between 500 and 900.

   D. This system uses both numbers and letters for some books.

4.A book about math can be found in the same group of books as       .

   A. reference books   B. school books     C. science books   D. art books

5.Which two numbers would indicate a book about language and a book about science?

   A. 439 and 493       B. 439 and 568      C. 530 and 560     D. 563 and 436