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Public Library
If you put all the books you own on the street outside your house, you would expect them to disappear in a flash. But one man in Manila tried it and found that his collections grew. Hernando Guanlao is a cheerful man in his early 60s, with a strong passion—books. They’re his pride and joy.
Guanlao has set up an informal library outside his home in central Manila to encourage his local community to share his joy of reading. The idea is simple: Readers can take as many books as they want, for as long as they want, even permanently. It’s a policy that you might assume it would end very quickly— with Guanlao having no books at all.
But in fact, in the 12 years he’s been running his library and he’s found that his collection has grown rather than diminished, as more and more people donate books to the cause.
Guanlao started his library in 2000, shortly after the death of his parents. He was looking for something to honor their remembrance (回忆), and that was when he got the idea of promoting the reading habit he’d inherited (继承). “I saw my old textbooks upstairs and came up with the idea of having the public use them,” he says. So he put the books outside the door of his house to see if anyone wanted to borrow them. They did, and they brought the books back with others to add to the collection. The library was born.
Somehow, every day, a steady stream of people find their way there to browse (浏览) and to contribute. But it’s people like Celine who sustain (支撑) the library. She lives down the road from Guanlao, which gives her opportunity to help by regularly visiting with big bags of books. She says she loves the concept because Filipinos—certainly those who are not particularly wealthy—have limited accesses to books. “Considering the income here, I think parents have other priorities(优先考虑的事情).”
As we sit outside Guanlao’s house watching people browse through the collection, he tells me why he thought it was worth spending all his time— even to the point of giving up his job and surviving purely on his savings— to maintain the library. He has also given several boxes of books to a man trying to set up a similar project outside Manila. “You don’t do justice to these books if you put them in a cabinet or a box,” he says. “A book should be used and reused. It has life, and it has a message. As a book caretaker, you become a cheerful man.”
A
his books would be sold out soon
B
the collection of books would grow quickly
C
nobody would take his books away and keep them forever
D
people in his neighbourhood would enjoy reading
正确答案 :D
解析
本题考查事实细节。
根据题干关键词 “set up his library outside his house” 定位到的第二段第一句 “Guanlao has set up an informal library outside his home in central Manila to encourage his local community to share his joy of reading.” 可知,Guanlao在他位于马尼拉市中心的家外面建立了一个非正式的图书馆,鼓励他的当地社区居民分享他的阅读乐趣。
D项:people in his neighbourhood would enjoy reading. 他社区的居民会享受阅读。符合题意,故选D。
A项:his books would be sold out soon. 他的书不久就会被卖光。不符合题意,故排除。
B项:he collection of books would grow quickly. 藏书会快速增加。不符合题意,故排除。
C项:nobody would take his books away and keep them forever. 没有人会带走他的书并永远保留。不符合题意,故排除。
故本题答案为D。
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