III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

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If we compare professors and students to the host of a university, then the library of a university can be compared to the hallway. The quality of a university, __51__, is in direct proportion to that of its library. At Harvard, the library is an indispensable part of everybody's life. Both the quantity and the __52__ of the library make study an enjoyable process.
Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale. In 1638 John Harvard __53__ his whole library to the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 millions of books and __54__ more than 100 branch Library. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are libraries that are __55__ in some aspects. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its __56__ of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is the first library in the world that is __57__ for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.
What __58__ to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The main libraries are open until 10 p.m.. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the __59__ period. The libraries also provide with students the service of __60__ reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the Librarians. The librarians are __61__ to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.
There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are __62__ in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the __63__library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of __64__ which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be a(n) __65__ experience.

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51-55 BCABD

56-60 ADDAB

61-65 DCABD

名师解读

本文讲述了美国知名大学哈佛的图书馆及其读者至上服务周到，让学生在哈佛的学习成为一个享受的过程。

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51.解析to some extent在一定程度上。句意为一所大学的质量在一定程度上与其图书馆的质量成正比。

52.解析：quality和quality,图书馆的数量和质量都让在哈佛的学习成为一个享受的过程。

53. 解析：donated,捐赠。assign,分配；adapt，适应；distribute，分散，分发。约翰哈佛把他的藏书都捐给了当时的哈佛学院。

54.includes。解析：contain可用于表示包含所含之物的的全部 或部分，而include则只能用于表示所包含之物中的一部分。

55.解析：仅每个学院都有自己的图书馆，还有各类专业图书馆，所以显得哈佛图书馆比较特别。

56.解析：collections意为藏书，燕京图书馆以其东亚馆藏而闻名。

57.解析：specially,特别地，莱蒙特图书馆是世界上第一个本科生专用图书馆。

58.解析：deserve，值得。句意：值得一提的是各图书馆的体系，或者确切说是服务。

59.解析：本科生图书馆在考试期间则通宵开放，所以examination符合句意。

60.解析：prepare准备，提供。图书馆还为学生提供所有课程的阅读材料。

61.解析：responsible负责任的；desperate 绝望的；willing乐意的；reluctant不情愿地。

62.解析：store储存，存放。因为图书馆空间有限，有很多书都存放在郊外的藏书库。

63.解析：appoint，任命，指定。学生在提交索要申请后的24小时内就可以到指定的图书馆取回书。

64.解析：读者至上的服务，该空可根据上下文比较容易得出答案。

65.解析：enjoyable，开篇第一段library make study an enjoyable process，已提到过。

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