1.A"Gap Year"is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university.It is often spent travelling or working.It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills.
Gap years are popular with European and Australian students,but remain less popular in America.However,in recent years,more and more American students are preparing for college by taking a gap year.The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows:
Learn about the World and Yourself
Although you don't have to go abroad to experience gap years,most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad.You are able to work out who you are and what you are for.The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons.You can learn more about the world and get to know yourself better.
Face Challenges and Have Fun
A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation,but also a time to face challenges.Gap year students usually work,volunteer or take service projects.You have to learn how to get along in the real world.This process isn't always easy,but it is an important part of growing up.Only in this way can you enjoy life and have fun.
Save Money and Improve Your College Admission Chances
There's a common thought that gap years are only for rich students,but it's not true.Actually,taking a gap year can save your money.Gap year students often take a part-time job.Besides,at the end of a gap year,students are much more likely to know what to study in college.Clear learning goals ran keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing.
Imagine an admission officer trying to admit (录取) only one between two students.Both of them are excellent and have high grades.However,one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation.Who do you think the admission officer will choose?

38.A"Gap Year"meansC in the passage.
A.going abroad in a year for further education
B.travelling around the world in a year
C.taking a break before going to a university
D.doing a part-time job to make money during a vacation
39.Besides having fun,gap year students have to face theD.
A.money        B.information         C.vacations         D.challenges
40.Having a gap year may make youC.
A.become very rich           B.remain less popular
C.experience foreign cultures         D.have no chance to break
41.The last sentence implies(暗含) thatDwill probably be admitted by the admission officer.
A.either of the two students         B.the student with high grades
C.neither of the two students          D.the.student with a gap year experience.
14.Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Bambamarca in Peru.Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Bambamarca 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.The next morning,he was at the door of the priest asking for another book to read.
John Medcalf,the priest,was moved.He also realised that people would love to read if givena 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,faraway area grow to love books,they have to be with them.So he thought the only way was tobring books to people.
But how could this be done?Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the rocky,hilly land of Peru.So what other method could be used?
Medcalf 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.
The librarians began by going from village to village,lending books to villagers.They helped start The 12ura1 Library Network of Peru.
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,village leaders took on the job themselves.
Today,there are 600 village libraries across Peru.The barefoot librarians who walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books are their lifeline.

38.The first paragraph tells us that LeonardoC.
A.had a lot of books
B.bought candles from others
C,enjoyed reading books
D.lived in the church
39.The underlined word"this"in Paragraph 3 probably refers to(指)"B".
A,to grow to love books
B.to bring books to people
C.to read and write
D.to build a new library
40.The passage doesn't mentionC
A,when the barefoot librarians appeared
B.who worked as village librarians at  first
C.where Medcalf met Chinese doctors
D.how many village libraries Peru has today
41.It can be inferred(推断)from the passage thatD.
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.
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