阅读理解In1638JohnHarvarddonatedsomemoneyandabout400bookstoanewuniversity.ThiswasthebeginningofthelibraryatHarvardUniversity.ThegiftwassoimportantthattheuniversitywasnamedafterJohnHarvard.Thom

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   In 1638 John Harvard donated some money and about 400 books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named after John Harvard.

   Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 of these libraries in the American colonies (殖民地) .However the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730.In 1731 Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members but they may borrow the books without paying again.

   In the United States every child had a free education. This idea soon led to (导致) free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax (税) money to buy books was a library in Peterborough New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

( ) 1. Harvard University began in ____ .

   A. the 15th century   B. the 16th century   C. the 17th century   D. the 18th century

( ) 2. The word “subscription” in paragraph 2 means “____ ”.

   A. 私人的   B. 付费的   C. 免费的   D. 公众的

( ) 3. What's the main idea of paragraph 2 ?

   A. Franklin started the first subscription library.

   B. In a subscription library people pay money to become members. .

   C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries.

   D. It was great for Bray to set up over 30 free libraries.

( ) 4. At the library that Franklin started ____ .

   A. children could use books for free

   B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

   C. people paid no money in the beginning but a little after that

   D. people could use books for free

Answer 1

1-4 CBCB