Question

【题目】Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Peru. He knew how to read but he had never seen a book in his life. So he asked the new priest (牧师) in his village to give him one. But there was no electricity. So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.

This made John Medcalf, the priest, really moved (感动的). He also realized that people would love to read if given a chance. But he knew how difficult it was for Leonardo and those in his village to get books. And yet, no one can be taught to read and write without books. To make people in a poor area grow to love books, they have to be with them. So he thought the only way was to bring books to people.

But how could this be done? Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the hilly (多丘陵的) land of Peru. So what other methods could be used?

He got a new idea from the barefoot (赤脚) doctors of China. And that was how the barefoot librarians (图书管理员) first appeared in the villages of northern Peru, almost thirty years ago.

At first, they were teachers of the village schools which these faraway libraries belonged to. But the teachers were not very interested in the job because it meant a lot of hard work. So, the elders in the village took on the job themselves.

Today, there are 600 village libraries across Peru. The barefoot librarians need to walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books.

【1】From the first paragraph, we can know Leonardo _________.

A. had a lot of books

B. bought candles from others

C. enjoyed reading books

D. lived with the priest

【2】How do you like the priest John Medcalf?

A. Smart and kind.

B. Poor and impolite.

C. Brave and friendly.

D. Strong and cold.

【3】From the passage, we can know that _________.

A. the first church in Peru was set up by John Medcalf

B. car libraries used to be popular in Leonardo’s village

C. teachers were interested in bringing books to villagers

D. the barefoot librarians are important to village libraries

【4】What is this passage mainly about?

A. How people read in Peru.

B. How the barefoot librarians started in Peru.

C. How John Medcalf brought books to people.

D. How people collected books in Peru.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 B

【解析】

本文讲述了Leonardo酷爱读书的行为感动了牧师，并由此创建了赤脚图书馆的故事。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中第一段He knew how to read but he had never seen a book in his life.可知Leonardo很喜欢读书，但是因为很穷，没有书，故A选项错误；So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church他从教堂借了一些蜡烛，而不是买了蜡烛，故B选项错误；D选项文中并没有提到；根据So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.可知他很喜欢读书，故选C。

【2】推理判断题。根据文中牧师被Leonardo的行为感动说明他很善良，并想尽办法克服困难成立了赤脚图书馆，说明他很聪明，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。文中并没有提到秘鲁第一个教堂的成立，而是第一个图书馆的成立，故A错误；根据文中Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the hilly (多丘陵的) land of Peru.可知移动图书馆或车式图书馆在丘陵地区太昂贵而很难继续下去，故B错误；根据But the teachers were not very interested in the job because it meant a lot of hard work.可知老师们对这项工作不感兴趣，故C错误；根据文章描述可知乡村图书管理的书需要图书管理员一天步行15小时的时间把书带过去，这也是唯一的方法，可见图书管理员对图书馆很重要，D正确；故选D。

【4】主旨大意题。阅读文章可知，本文主要简述了牧师John Medcalf被一个孩子Leonardo的读书行为而感动，从而有了在乡村成立图书馆的想法，并在自己的努力下，成立了赤脚图书馆，结合所给选项故选B。