Looking for a children’s book? Internet users can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free to readers. The United States has started a project called the International Children’s Digital Library. It is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Library of Congress and the institute of Museum and Library Services.
The goal of the project is to offer more than 10,000 children’s electronic books in at least 100 languages. Some of the books show the similarities and differences in ways of life around the world. They will enable children to have a better understanding of other people’s cultures. People working for this project have tried to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. A picture of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print the pages on paper if they want to.
The project is for two main groups of users. The first group is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers of children’s literature（文学）. The books can help children understand more about the world.
【小题1】The books in the project can make children better understand ________.

　 Mary is an American schoolgirl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know Chinese. But she is trying to learn and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends, but they don’t understand her because she can’t speak Chinese very well. It’s Sunday morning. Mary is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She stops a Chinese schoolboy and asks him the way. The boy can’t understand her. She looks worried. Then she finds a way to express(表达)what she wants to say. She takes out a pen and some paper. She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy has a careful look at the picture and smiles, then he shows Mary the way to the zoo.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

(　 )56. This article mainly tells us a story of _____.

　　　　 A. a Chinese schoolboy　　　　 B. the way to the zoo

　　　　 C. how to learn Chinese in China 　　　　 D. an American girl Mary in Beijing

(　 )57. The underlined words “understand her” means _____ in Chinese.

　　　　 A. 理解她当时的心情　 B. 认识她　　　　 C. 明白她所说的话　 D. 帮助她

(　 )58. The underlined word “express” can be replaced(替换) by _____.

　　　　 A. guess　 B. keep 　 　C. write 　　　 D. show

(　 )59. Why does Mary stop a schoolboy in the street?

　　　　 A. Because she likes the boy to see her picture.

　　　　 B. Because she wants to have a talk with a Chinese boy.

　　　　 C. Because the schoolboy is on his way to the zoo.

　 　　　 D. Because she wants to know the way to the zoo from him.

(　 )60. She draws an elephant and shows it to the boy, because _____.

　　　　 A. she is good at drawing B. she wants the boy to know where she wants to go

　　　　 C. she doesn’t know how to say “elephant” in Chinese

　　　　 D. she wants to help the boy say “elephant” in English

Looking for a children’s book? Internet users can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free to readers. The United States has started a project called the International Children’s Digital Library. It is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Library of Congress and the institute of Museum and Library Services.
The goal of the project is to offer more than 10,000 children’s electronic books in at least 100 languages. Some of the books show the similarities and differences in ways of life around the world. They will enable children to have a better understanding of other people’s cultures. People working for this project have tried to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. A picture of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print the pages on paper if they want to.
The project is for two main groups of users. The first group is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers of children’s literature（文学）. The books can help children understand more about the world.

1. 1.

   The books in the project can make children better understand ________.

   1. A.
      other people’s cultures
   2. B.
      their own culture
   3. C.
      their teachers and parents
   4. D.
      researchers of children’s literature
2. 2.

   In this project, the electronic books are ________.

   1. A.
      expensive to readers                
   2. B.
      from the U.S.
3. 3.

   The underlined word “goal” probably means ________ in the passage.

   1. A.
      山羊
   2. B.
      煤炭
   3. C.
      进球得分
   4. D.
      目标
4. 4.

   The third paragraph is mainly about ________.

   1. A.
      the purpose of the project
   2. B.
      the users of the project
   3. C.
      people working for the project
   4. D.
      museums and libraries