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Benjamin Franklin opened America’s first lending library in 1731 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. But public
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didn’t become popular until the late 1800s. Later, a businessman, Andrew Carnegie,
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millions of dollars helping to build free public libraries across the country.
Carnegie believed that libraries could be
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for America’s young and old people. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have a chance to
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books, news and more. “There are now
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public libraries in the United States than McDonald’s restaurants,” said an officer in a library.
Now people can
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find a public library in or near their community.
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the United States is home to more than 8,000 public libraries. Today, libraries continue to change and
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. Almost all public libraries offer free
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service. This opens doors for people
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can’t go online at home. Now, for example, they have the chance to ask for jobs online.
Libraries are also
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kids the fun of reading. There was a new programme
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“Read! Build! Play!” recently. During the programme, kids listened to a
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being read aloud and used toys to build images from the story.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom (智慧) are
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shut (关闭).” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, his saying is certainly
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.
(
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) 1. A. bookstores B. libraries C. computers D. schools
(
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) 2. A. spent B. borrowed C. asked D. gave
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) 3. A. bad B. busy C. useful D. boring
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) 4. A. write B. hear C. read D. buy
(
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) 5. A. more B. less C. fewer D. many
(
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) 6. A. easily B. unluckily C. excitedly D. friendly
(
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) 7. A. Or B. And C. But D. Then
(
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) 8. A. stop B. grow C. keep D. go
(
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) 9. A. internet B. home C. school D. computer
(
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) 10. A. which B. who C. what D. where
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) 11. A. teaching B. making C. learning D. saying
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) 12. A. call B. calling C. called D. calls
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) 13. A. library B. book C. teacher D. student
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) 14. A. often B. sometimes C. never D. usually
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) 15. A. interesting B. useless C. wrong D. true
