英语阅读题PassageTwoIn1638,JohnHarvarddonatedsomemoneyandaboutfourhundredbookstoanewuniversity.ThiswasthebeginningofthelibraryatHarvardUniversity.Thegiftwassoimportantthattheuniversi­tywasnamedafterJohnHar

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Passage Two
In 1638,John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university.This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University.The gift was so important that the universi­ty was named after John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s.He set up more than 30 of these libraries in the American colonies.However,the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730.In 1731 ,Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States.In a subscription library people pay money to become members,but they may borrow the books without paying again.•
In the United States,every child had a free education.This idea soon led to free libraries.One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough,New Hampshire.This library was set up in 1833.
66.The main idea of paragraph 2 is .
A.Franklin started the first subscription library
B.in a subscription library people pay money to become members
C.Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries
D.Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833
67.The word "borrow" in line 7 means .
A.read and write with no help from another person
B.use for a short time and then return
C.like very much
D.lend
68.The reading does not say it,but we can guess that .
A.there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries
B.free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time
C.the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it
D.there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools
69.Harvard University began .
A.in 1731
B.in 1730
C.in 1833
D.in 1638
70.At the library that Franklin started,.
A.children could use books for no money at all
B.people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that
C.people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that
both A and B

Answer 1

66. B
依据：总结全段可知是描述这两人在图书馆历史上的重要地位及其原因.
67. B
依据：borrow 借
68. A
依据：In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries.
69. D
依据：总结第一段可知.
70. B/C（此题从原句中无法判定钱的多寡,抱歉!）
依据：In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.