河北省唐山市高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷.docx

河北省唐山市高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷

1．Howcoolcanlibrariesbeinanera（时代）ofiPodsandKindles?Morethanyouthink．Onlyifyouknowwheretogo．

CentralLibrary:Seattle,Washington,UnitedStates

TheCentralLibraryinSeattleismodernandfashionableandhastouristsfromaroundtheworldpayingvisitsandtakingtours．ItwasdesignedbyDutcharchitectRemKoolhaasandAmericandesignerJoshuaRamus．Toursbeganin2006,twoyearsafteritsopening．Thelibraryholdsvariousartexhibitions,booksigningsandotherevents,whilevisitorscanstopbytheChocolatecartforacoffeeandscanthroughthegiftshopanytime

TrinityCollegeLibrary:Dublin,Ireland

TheTrinityCollegeLibraryinDublinistheoldestlibraryinIreland,foundedin1592byQueenElizabethI．Itisthelargestsinglelibraryintheworld,alsoknownastheLongRoom,whichcontainsmorethan200,0000fthelibrarysoldestbooks．TheLongRoomhousesoneoftheoldestharps（竖琴）inIreland．Datingtothe15thcentury,theoldharpisthemodelforthesymbolforeland．

GeiselLibrary,UniversityofCalifornia:SanDiego,UnitedStates

Atfirstglance,itlookslikeaspaceship．ArchitectWilliamPereira,whohelpeddesignactualspacelaunchfacilitiesatCapeCanaveralinHouston,Texas,designedthelibraryin1970．Ithasbeenfeaturedinsci-fifilms,shortstoriesandnovels．ThelibraryhostsDinnerintheLibrary,whichinvitesreadersforcocktails,andalsoaspecialspeechfromdistinguishedauthors．

TUDelftLibrary:TheNetherlands

ThelibraryattheDelftUniversityofTechnologywasconstructedin1997andhasmorethan862,000books,16,000magazinesubscriptionsanditsownmuseum．Thebuildingitselfexistsbeneaththeground,soyoucantreallyseetheactualLibrary．Whatmakesitinterestingistheroof,whichisagrassyhill．Theroofcovers5,500squaremeters．Andithasbecomeoneofthemoststrikingandgreeneststructuresinthearea．

Whichofthefourlibrarieshasthelongesthistory?