Wildwood School Library Guide

This will offer you some information about our school library. You can use this guide to help your kids use our library.

Service hours:

3:00 pm—5:30 pm on school days; 8:30 am—11：00 am on weekends

On school days, your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to. At the weekend, our library is open to both you and your kids.

Borrowing:

Each student can borrow one or two books at a time: More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research.

Returning:

Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 school days. The books must be returned before the due (到期的）date or the kid can not borrow other books.

Damaged(受损的） or Lost Books:

When a book is returned in a damaged condition, the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage. Full price must be paid if a book is lost. We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather.

Please call us at 3362—1323 for more information.

1.This library guide is for_______. 

A. teachers from Wildwood      

B. workers in Wildwood School Library        

C. visitors to Wildwood School    

D. parents of the Wildwood School students

2.________must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.   

A. Three dollars                  B. Half the price of the book     

C. Full price of the book           D. Twice the price of the book

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The library is open for two and a half hours every day.   

B. Students can borrow more books to do school research.

C. Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like.

D. Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days.

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Although there is no truly safe way to jump off a cliff, non-professional divers are encouraged to pencil dive. To do a pencil dive, the jumpers leap their feet first off the cliff, keep arms at their sides with legs together and pointing downward. The diver should keep the body tight and vertical. This is safer because it makes the point of contact smaller when the diver enters the water and puts less stress on the body.
Wearing a wet suit while diving will result in less pain. So it is wise for new divers to wear wet suits. But professional divers suggest staying away from water shoes. Although wearing shoes might seem like a good idea, they actually increase the force of impact because they increase the surface area of the diver at impact. The increased force of impact puts stress on a diver’s body and can lead to broken bones. Without a doubt, diving without shoes is the safer way to go.
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【小题1】What does “this could not be further from the truth” mean?