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　　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.

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

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

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

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5．It is easy to renew a book.

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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

根据句意及所给首字母完成单词

1.He never p　　　 computer games.?

2.That is a great i　　　.

3.His grandfather often listens to m　　　.

4.How about going to Beijing for a h　　　?

5.M　　　 is the second (第二) day of the week.

6.Liu Xiang is my favourite sports s　　　.

7.Tomorrow is Daming's birthday.　Let's send him a p　　　.

8.When you go to a concert,　you'd better buy a t　　　.

阅读短文，简要回答问题。

　　I was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was Christmas, and Marie's mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake ,and then she baked(烤) it .The four coins were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It was missing, but Marie's mother didn't notice.

　　After Christmas got sick. She coughed, and she couldn't speak. Marie's parents took her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said,“ We are sorry, but we can't help her.”For 12 years Marie didn't speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small and black. What was it ? Marie didn't know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, “This is a coin!”The doctor told Marie, “I think you can speak again.” Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she could talk.

1. What did Marie's mother make on Christmas?

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2.What did Marie's mother put some coins in the cake for?

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3. How many coins did Marie's family find after eating the Cake?

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4. Why did Marie's parents take her to hospital after Christmas?

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5.Could Marie speak at last?

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根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

The panda is one of the most popular 　1.　 in the world. A panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the panda is very　2.　. So it is not surprising that the WWF（世界自然基金会）chose the panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that are in 　3.　and raises money to save them. The panda only 　4.　 in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, there were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason 　5.　 pandas are endangered(濒临灭绝的) is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.