There are many rules (制度) in the old libraries. For example, no photos, no drinking and no phones. But now a lot of libraries don’t have too many rules. They paint the rooms beautiful colors so readers would like to read there. There aren’t hard chairs in these libraries.
There are nice sofas in them. Some of them are open 24 hours every day. In the libraries in America,
readers can make a 1free call. That means that they don’t need to pay any money for making a call. In the kid’s library in Denmark, children can sleep there if it is too late. In some libraries in Australia, they have a kids’ “story time”. 2今天图书馆是孩子们娱乐和学习知识的好去处。
任务（一）：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题1】Why do many libraries paint their rooms beautiful colors now?
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【小题2】In which country do some libraries have a kids’ “story time”?
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任务（二）：请写出1处下划线黑体单词“free”的汉语意思。
【小题3】________________________________________________________________________
任务（三）：请将文中2处划线的句子翻译成英语，每空一词。
【小题4】Today libraries are good places for kids to ________ ________ and learn something.
任务（四）：请给短文选择一个最恰当的英文标题。

There are many rules (制度) in the old libraries. For example, no photos, no drinking and no phones. But now a lot of libraries don’t have too many rules. They paint the rooms beautiful colors so readers would like to read there. There aren’t hard chairs in these libraries.

There are nice sofas in them. Some of them are open 24 hours every day. In the libraries in America,

readers can make a 1free call. That means that they don’t need to pay any money for making a call. In the kid’s library in Denmark, children can sleep there if it is too late. In some libraries in Australia, they have a kids’ “story time”. 2今天图书馆是孩子们娱乐和学习知识的好去处。

任务（一）：根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.Why do many libraries paint their rooms beautiful colors now?

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2.In which country do some libraries have a kids’ “story time”?

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任务（二）：请写出1处下划线黑体单词“free”的汉语意思。

3.________________________________________________________________________

任务（三）：请将文中2处划线的句子翻译成英语，每空一词。

4.Today libraries are good places for kids to ________ ________ and learn something.

任务（四）：请给短文选择一个最恰当的英文标题。

5.A. New Libraries    B. Library Rules    C. Old Libraries    D. Free Libraries

As a student, you must have read a lot of interesting books. Most of the books come from the school library, I am sure. Perhaps you also get books from the bookstore in your town. The books are something given to you as   1   by your parents or friends, I think. Besides, if you like reading and want to learn more, I am sure that you buy books    2    .

Have you ever thought how books are   3   ? Well, after a book is written, it passes through the hands of many different workers. Each one works very carefully, for there must not be any    4    in the book. It is read many times by different people before it is finished.

Millions of books are printed in our country every year. So people can get   5   to read. Now may I ask you a question? How well do you take   5    of books? What have you learned about the care of books?

Perhaps you bought yourself some   7    books. Have you put paper covers on them? Do you open    8   carefully? Sometimes new books break along the back if you open them   9   in the middle. I hope that you don’t  10    the pages carelessly. If you do, you may tear them.

1. A．pets                              B．presents                 C．books                           D．textbooks.

2. A．all                          B．yourself                 C．also                              D．either

3. A．sold                              B．bought                   C．given                     D．made

4. A．mistakes                B．questions                C．wrong                   D．thing

5. A．many                            B．enough                   C．a lot of                   D．great

6. A．careful                B．after                             C．out                               D．care

7. A．more                            B．new                       C．well                       D．nicer

8. A．it                           B．carefully                 C．them                      D．book

9. A．suddenly             B．sudden                   C．careful                   D．carefully

10. A．break                   B．throw                    C．write                            D．turn

　　Maybe that doesn't sound interesting. But when we've joined the Internet, there are lots of things we can do. We can find lots of interesting information on the World Wide Web（www). We can use the Internet instead of a library to find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favourite sports or film stars and do shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending a letter.

(1）The passage is mainly about ________.

(2）The quickest and cheapest way for people to send messages to their friends is ________.

(3）The Internet cannot be used to ________.

A．find information for our homework

B．get some information about our favourite sports stars

C．do some shopping

D．do our housework

(4）Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The Internet is a big computer.

B．The Internet is lots of computer networks.

C．The Internet is very helpful.

D．People can work at home with the help of the Internet.

(5）What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?

A．The Internet is more and more popular.

B．All the information is in English.

C．English is important in using the Internet.

D．Every computer must join the Internet.