阅读理解

　　How long can I keep borrowed material?

　　Each time you borrow a book or a video, a date due card will be put in the book or video pocket, telling the day you should return the items to the library. Check this date carefully.

　　Some items－such as Hot Video and Hot Book can be kept for one week with no renewals.

　　You can keep most other items for three weeks, with two renewals allowed only if there are no holds or bookings on them.

　　How can I renew books?

　　You can renew items 3 ways:

1．Call the service line at 21226274444.

2．Renew the items yourself on the Internet. Items can be renewed twice if there are no holds on them.

3．Being the item(s) to any branch and take to the Circulation Desk. Most materials except Hot Book and Hot Video copies may be renewed twice for the same period as the original loan, unless another reader has placed a “hold” on the item. You cannot renew the item if it is overdue.

1．If you borrow a book from the library, you can always find in the book a card that tells you when you should return it to the library.

(　　)

2．You can keep any items from the library for three weeks.

(　　)

3．If another reader wants the item and has placed a “hold” on it, you have to return it.

(　　)

4．Readers can renew every item in the library twice if no one has placed a “hold” on it.

(　　)

5．It is easy to renew a book.

(　　)

material 材料　　date due card 借阅日期卡　　renewals 续借

original loan 初次借阅　　Circulation Desk 流通部　　overdue 预期的

When kids at Archisha Singh’s school in Loudoun County have a birthday, no parents buy them birthday cakes.
Some schools are worried that children might become fat or eat unhealthy food, so they have banned(禁止) cupcakes altogether.
What do kids do? Birthday kids can donate a book. The headmaster of their school will then read it to their class. The headmaster also hands out birthday certificates(证书), special pencils, and makes sure the kids’ names are read out in the school’s morning news.
Parents can send stickers(贴纸), pencils and other things to students. None of the things can be food. If a child donates jump ropes or other sports equipment, that child may get his or her name on a certificate. It will then be displayed at school.
Archisha really misses cupcakes, especially those her mother used to make for her kindergarten class, but her school’s way is fun, too. “I like both ways,” she said.
The headmaster says it’s important that the school should be not only teaching, but offering healthy choices to kids. “There is a better life without cupcakes. If you eat a cupcake, then it’s gone in two seconds, but a book lasts a lifetime. The sports equipment lasts, and the kids can use it day after day.”
【小题1】Some schools have banned cupcakes because ________.

When kids at Archisha Singh’s school in Loudoun County have a birthday, no parents buy them birthday cakes.

Some schools are worried that children might become fat or eat unhealthy food, so they have banned(禁止) cupcakes altogether.

What do kids do? Birthday kids can donate a book. The headmaster of their school will then read it to their class. The headmaster also hands out birthday certificates(证书), special pencils, and makes sure the kids’ names are read out in the school’s morning news.

Parents can send stickers(贴纸), pencils and other things to students. None of the things can be food. If a child donates jump ropes or other sports equipment, that child may get his or her name on a certificate. It will then be displayed at school.

Archisha really misses cupcakes, especially those her mother used to make for her kindergarten class, but her school’s way is fun, too. “I like both ways,” she said.

The headmaster says it’s important that the school should be not only teaching, but offering healthy choices to kids. “There is a better life without cupcakes. If you eat a cupcake, then it’s gone in two seconds, but a book lasts a lifetime. The sports equipment lasts, and the kids can use it day after day.”

1.Some schools have banned cupcakes because ________.

       A. they don’t like them                

B. they are not delicious

       C. they are unhealthy food              

D. they are too expensive

2.What do birthday kids do?

       A. They can borrow a book.              

B. They get birthday certificates.

       C. They get special pens.                   

D. They eat birthday cakes.

3.Which can not be sent to students?

       A. Stickers.     B. Sweets.      C. Pencils.     D. Books.

4.The headmaster thinks the school should ________.

       A. offer healthy choices to kids        

B. offer a better life to kids

       C. teach students how to be healthy         

D. give kids sports equipment