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预测卷03

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Thelibraryistheheartofauniversity——itscollections,services,andstudyspacesarecentraltoeverystudent’seducationaljourney.Let’stakealookatsomefamousuniversitylibrariesaroundtheworld.

MagdalenCollegeOldLibrary

OxfordUniversityisfamousforitsacademicprograms,butit’salsoknownforitsoutstandinglibrariesthataresaidtoincludemorethan11millionbooks.TheOldLibraryatMagdalenCollegeisthecrownjeweloftheuniversity’slibrarysystem.Itcontainsmorethan20,000rarebooksandmanuscripts.Nearlyallofthesevolumeswerepublishedbefore1800.

TUDelftLibrary

ThelibraryattheDelftUniversityofTechnologywasconstructedin1997,whichhasmorethan862,000books,16,000magazinesubscriptionsanditsownmuseum.Butitwillonlytakeaglancetobeattracted,asitisasighttoremember.Thebuildingitselfexistsbeneaththeground,soyoucan’treallyseetheactuallibrary.Whatmakesitinterestingistheroof,whichisagrassyhill.

TrinityCollegeLibrary

TheTrinityCollegeLibraryinDublinistheoldestlibraryinIreland,foundedin1592byQueenElizabethI.Itcontainsmorethan200,000ofthelibrary’soldestbooks.Treasuresofthelibrary’sextensivecollectionincludeararecopyofthe1916proclamationoftheIrishRepublicandabeautiful15thcenturyharp(竖琴).

JoeandRikaMansuetoLibrary

Openedin2011,theJoeandRikaMansuetoLibraryattheUniversityofChicagoisdesignedwithagrandglassroof,perfectforstaringoutwhenyouaretired.Thelibrarycanholdaround3.5millionvolumesthroughitsundergroundautomaticstorageandretrievalsystem.Ifyouarenotalreadyimpressed,thelibrarians,roboticcranes,willknockyoursocksoff.Theycanlocateandbringyouanybookwithinanaveragetimeof3minutes.

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