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　　Directions：In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

　　How to Use a Library

　　A)You’re driving your car home from work or sch001.And something goes wron9.The engine stalls out at lights，holds back as you go to pass.It needs a tune up and soon.Where do you go? The library.You can take out an auto repair manual that tells step by step how to tune up your make and model.Or your tennis game has fallen off.You’ve lost your touch at the net.Where do you go? The library for a few books on improving your tennis form.

　　B)“The library!”you say.“That’s where my teacher sends me to dough homework."Unfortunately, I’ve found that’s exactly the way many people feel.If you’re among them.you’re denying yourself the easiest way to improve yourself, enjoy yourself and even cope with life.My first suggestion for making the most of your library is to do what I did，read and read and read.For pleasure——and for understanding.

　　C)If it’s TV that keeps you from cultivating this delicious habit，I can offer a sure remedy.Take home from the library a stack of books that might look interestin9.Pile them on the TV set.Next time you are tempted to turn on a program you really don’t want to see，reach for a book instead.

　　D)Over the years，people collect a mental list of books they mean to read.If you don’t have such a list，here is the suggestion.Take from the library some of the books you might have enjoyed dramatized on TV, like Remargue’s All Quiet on the Western Front，Clavell’s Shegun，Tolkien’s The Hobbit，or Victor Hugo’s Les Mise Rables.If you like what you read、you can follow up with other satisfying books by the same authors.

　　E)Some people in their reading limit themselves to current talked—about best sellers.Oh，what they miss! The library is full of yesterday’s best sellers;and they still make compelling reading today. Some that I've enjoyed：A.B.Guthrie’s The Big Sky，Carl Van Doren’s Benjamin Franklin，Mari Sandoz’s.Old Jules，and Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead.

　　F) How do you find these or any other books you’re looking for? It’s easy—with the card catalog. Every time I go to the library——and I go more than once a week——I invariably make a beeline to the card catalog before anything else.It’s the nucleus of any public library.The card catalog lists every book in the library by：1.author;2.title;3.subject.Let’s pick an interesting subject to look up.I have always been fascinated by astronomy.You’ll be surprised at the wealth of material you will find under “a strong my” to draw upon.And the absorbing books you didn’t know existed on it.

　　CAUTION：Always have a pencil and paper when you use the card catal09.

　　G) Once you jot down the numbers of the books you are interested in，you are ready to find them on the shelves.Libraries call the shelves “the stacks”.In many smaller libraries，which you’ll be using，the stacks will be open for you to browse.To me there is a special thrill in tracking down the books I want in the stacks !For invariably,I find books about which I knew nothin9，and these often turn out to be the very ones l need.You will find the same thing happening to you when you start to browse in the stacks.“A learned mind is the end product of browsing.”

　　CAUTION：If you take a book from the stack s to your work desk，do not try to return it to its proper place.That’s work for the experts.If you replace it incorrectly, the next seeker won’t be able to find it.

　　H)Some of the brightest and best.informed men and women in America are the librarians who specialize in providing reference help.Introduce yourself State your problem.And be amazed at how much he p you will receive.CAUTION：Don’t waste the time of this expert by asking silly questions you ought to solve yourself.Save the reference librarian for the really big ones.

　　I) You shot：ld also learn to use the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.This green—bound index is me of the most useful items in any library.It indexes all the articles in the major magazines，including newspaper magazine supplements.Thus it provides a guide to the very latest expert information of any subject that interests you.So if you want to do a really first—class job，find out which magazines your library subscribes to，then consult the Reader's Guide and track down recent articles on your subject.When you use this wonderful tool effectively, you show the mark of a real scholar.

　　J) Since you can take most books home，but not magazines，take full notes when using the latter. Many libraries today provide a reprographic machine that can quickly copy pages you need from magazines and books.Ask about it：If you are working on a project of some size which will require repeated library visits，keep a small notebook in which you record the identification numbers of the books you will be using frequently.This will save you valuable time，because you won’t have to consult the card catalog or search aimlessly through the stacks each time you visit for material you seek.Sol fie of the very best books in any library are the reference books，which may not be taken home.Learn what topics they cover and how best to use them，for these books are wonderful repositories (储藏室、资料库)of human knowledge.

　　K) Your library can give you help on any subject.It can even be your business and legal advisor.How many times have you scratched your head over how to get a tax rebate(折扣)on your summer job? You，11 find guides to that.Want to defend yourself in traffic coup? Find out how in legal books at the library.

　　L) Library Projects Can Be Fun and Rewardin9.Here are a few ideas：

　　1.What are your roots? Trace your ancestors.Many libraries specialize in genealogy.

　　2.Did George Washington sleep nearby? Or Billy the Kid? Your library’s collection of local history books can put you on the trail.

　　3.Cook a Polynesian feast.Or an ancient Roman banquet.Read how in the library’s cook books.

　　4.Take up photography.Check the library for consumer reviews of cameras before you buy.Take out books on lightin9，composition，or darkroom techniques or—you name it!

　　M)If you haven，t detected by now my enthusiasm for libraries，let me offer two personal notes.I'm particularly pleased that in recent years two beautiful libraries have been named after me：a small community library in Quakertown，Pennsylvania，and the huge research library located at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.And I like libraries so much that I married a librarian.

　　46.The nucleus of any public library is the car，d catalog.

　　47.Yesterday’s best sellers are still good for readin9，which shouldn’t be overlooked.

　　48.The author suggests that people should go to the library for answers when things go wrong

　　49.The Reader，s Guide is a green—bound index which provides a guide to very latest expert information of any subject that interests readers.

　　50.The sure remedy to kick the TV habit is to take home from the library interesting books to read.

　　51.There are various kinds of fun and rewarding projects available in different libraries.

　　52.A notebook will help readers to record the identification numbers of the frequently used books which can’t be taken home.

　　53.Readers should not try to return the book taken from the stacks to their desk to its proper place.

　　54.When asking for help，readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to solve themselves.

　　55.When asking for help，readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to solve themselves.

　　46.The nucleus of any public library is the card catalog.任何公共图书馆的核心都是卡片目录。

　　【解析】 F)。细节题。根据句中的关键词The nucleus ofany public library可将本句定位在F)段的前四句。怎样找到这些，或其他你想找的书呢?很简单——用卡片目录。每次去图书馆的时候——我每周至少去一次——在做任何事之前，我每次都会径直走向卡片目录。它是所有公共图书馆的核心。

　　47.Yesterday’s best sellers are still good for readin9，which shouldn’t be overlooked.过去的畅销书仍然值得一读，不容错过。

　　【解析】 E)。细节题。根据句中关键词yesterday’s best sellers可定位在E)段的前三句。有些人读书只限于当前受到热评的畅销书。哦，他们错过了多少好东西呀!图书馆满是从前的畅销书;而且它们在今天仍深深吸引着读者。

　　48.The author suggests that people should go to the library for answers when things go wrong.

　　作者建议遇到难题到图书馆寻求答案。

　　【解析】 A)。归纳题。根据句中关键词go to the library和when things go wron9可定位在A)段。作者在本段列举了几个生活中的难题，建议大家到图书馆寻求答案。归纳起来就是：作者建议遇到难题到图书馆寻求答案。

　　49.The Reader’s Guide is a green—bound index which provides a guide to very latest expert information of any subject that interests readers.《读者指南》是一本绿色封皮的索引书，可以指导你找到你感兴趣的任何主题的最新专业信息。

　　【解析】 I)。细节题。根据句中关键词The Reader’s Guide可定位在I)段的前半部分。还要学会使用《期刊文献读者指南》。这本绿色封面的索引是所有图书馆最有用的物品之一。它能查询到各大主要杂志上

　　所有的文章，包括报纸杂志增刊上面的文章。因此，它能引导你找到任何你感兴趣的话题的最新专业信息。

　　50.The sure remedy to kick the TV habit is to take home from the library interesting books to read.为戒掉看电视的习惯，一个稳妥的补救方法就是从图书馆带回家一些有趣的书来读。

　　【解析】C)。细节题。根据句中关键词kick the TV habit和sure remedy可定位在C)段的第一、二句。

　　作者建议为了戒掉看电视的习惯，可以从图书馆带书回家读。

　　51.There are various kinds of fun and rewarding projects available in different libraries. 不同图书馆有各种有趣有益的专题。

　　【解析】L)。归纳题。根据句中关键词fun and rewarding projects可定位在L)段，此段列举了形形色色的图书馆专题，归纳得出结论：不同图书馆有各种有趣有益的专题。

　　52.A notebook will help readers to record the identification numbers of the frequently used books which can’t be taken home.

　　笔记本可以帮助读者记录无法借走的常用书籍编码。

　　【解析】 J)。细节题。根据句中关键词notebook和the identification numbers可定位在J)段的第四句。

　　如果你正在做一个有一定规模的项目，需要你一次次地去图书馆，那就带上一个小笔记本，你可以在上面记下你常用到的书目的标识号。

　　53.Readers should not try to return the book taken from the stacks to their desk to its Proper place.读者不要试图把从书架拿到他们桌子上的书放回到合适位置。

　　【解析】G)。细节题。根据句中关键词retum the book taken from the stacks可定位在G)段CAUTION部分。使用书库时要注意不要把你取的书放回到你认为正确的地方，这项工作是由专业人士来做的，免得放错了别人就找不到了。

　　54.When asking for help，readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to Solve the mselves.寻求帮助时，读者最好不要问参考咨询馆员那些需要自己解决的无聊问题。

　　【解析】 H)。细节题。根据句中关键词the reference librarians可定位在H)段CAUTION部分。注意：不要问这些专业人员那些必须你自己解决的傻问题，不要浪费他们的时间。

　　55.Your library not only helps your business，but also becomes your legal advisor.

　　你的图书馆很重要，因为它不仅能有助于你的商务，还可以成为你的法律顾问。

　　【解析】K)。根据句中关键词help your business和legal advisor可定位在K)段第一、二句。你的图书馆可以在任何方面给你帮助。它甚至可以成为你的商务和法律顾问。