Question

College libraries are designed primarily for research and study. To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．

Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called The Sun Also Rises by American writer Hemingway．The first step is to go to the main catalog．Many small drawers on the large wooden cabinets are lined up in alphabetical(字母的) order．Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical ordered cards．These cards are printed references to all material available in the library．Title cards are cataloged by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”．And then you get the cards for the books you need．On the upper left corner of each card is the call number．This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．The library has open and closed stacks．If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-stack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself．There are only about 30,000 books on open stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate students.

For undergraduates like you, borrowing books from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian．In that case, you must fill out a call slip(纸条) for the book, showing the call number, author and title．You can get call slips on tables near the catalog cabinets．You show your call slip together with your library card to a librarian at the information desk．He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks.

1. What is the main purpose of this text?

A. To present readers a brief introduction to a college library．

B. To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library.

C. To tell readers how to fill out a call slip in a college library.

D. To show readers where to find books in a college library.

2. What letter you should look for on the title card for the book The Old Man and the Sea by the Hemingway?

A. The letter “t”. B. The letter “h”.

C. The letter “s”. D. The letter “o”.

3. How are books arranged and shelved in the library?

A. By call numbers. B. By call slips of authors’ names.

C. In alphabetical order. D. By the first word of book title.

4. Suppose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?

a. go to the main catalog

b. show your call slip and library card

c. find out the call number

d. fill out a call slip

e. get the cards for the books

A. a-b-e-d-c B. b-a-c-d-e

C. a-e-c-d-b D. b-c-a-e-d

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要说明了如何在大学图书馆借阅相关书籍。你需要先确定你要查找的书籍属于什么类别，然后确定它在什么地方。一部分书籍对本科生开放，另一部分只对毕业生和老师开放。

1.主旨大意题。第一自然段“To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．”意思是为了说明它的使用方法，让我们选择一个研究题目，接着一步步找到文章所需材料，可以知道这篇文章是为了告诉读者如何在大学图书馆找到所需书籍。故选择B。

2.第二自然段“leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the””意思是忽略“a, an, and”之类的冠词,所以 “The Old Man and the Sea by the Hemingway?”的查找字母是“o”,故选择D。

3.These cards are printed references to all material available in the library”意思是这些卡号印在图书馆所有可用资料的参考目录上。可知书籍是通过卡号分类的，故选择A。

4. first step is to go to the main catalog”，第二步是“And then you get the cards for the books you need．”第三步“This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．”最后一自然段，如果你是本科生，应该“you must fill out a call slip(纸条) for the book,”；最后你应该“You show your call slip together with your library card”。故选择C。

考点：考查说明文阅读。