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[2019·贵阳监测] A new library in Tianjin — Tianjin Binhai Public Library — recently became an online hit. The Daily Mail described it as the “world's ultimate (终极的) library”， while the word “breathtaking” was the choice of Newsweek magazine. One look at the library and you'll see why. With its futuristic (未来派的) design and walls loaded with books, it's the dream library of every book lover.
But as the surprise continues, there's a burning question lying in the back of our minds: When physical bookstores are closing down one by one, what makes libraries safe from the wave of digitization (数字化)? And do we really still need libraries now that we've got the Internet in our hands?
Reporter Ian Clark has the answer. “Libraries are not declining in importance — people are simply changing the way they use them，” he wrote on The Guardian website.
What Clark means is that libraries have shifted from simply being storehouses of books to a medium to help “bridge the gap between the haves and the havenots”， according to website Libraries Are Essential. Since not everyone can afford a smartphone, a tablet or an Internet connection, and not everyone has the knowhow to search the Internet correctly and efficiently, it's public libraries that make sure that these resources and technologies are available to a larger group of people.
“Nobody is trying to sell you anything in the library. There is no pressure to buy and there is no judgment of your choices，” Anne Goulding, a professor at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, wrote on the Newsroom website. “There are few other spaces that you can just ‘be’ in without somebody questioning your presence or your motivation.”
体裁：说明文 题材：文化 主题：数字化时代的图书馆
【语篇解读】 本文主要说明了在数字化时代，图书馆存在的原因。
【难句分析】 Since not everyone can afford a smartphone, a tablet or an Internet connection, and not everyone has the knowhow to search the Internet correctly and efficiently, it's public libraries that make sure that these resources and technologies are available to a larger group of people.
分析：本句是一个复合句，其中包含Since引导的原因状语从句，原因状语从句中又包含由and连接的两个并列句，主句为it's public libraries... people，是强调句型。
译文：因为不是每个人都能买得起智能手机、平板电脑或能连接到互联网，而且不是每个人都知道正确和高效地搜索互联网的窍门，正是(有了)公共图书馆(才)确保这些资源和技术可以提供给更大的人群。
1．What cause book lovers to like Tianjin Binhai Public Library?
A．Breathtaking magazines.
B．World's ultimate buildings.
C．Design and book walls.
D．Digitization.
答案与解析：C 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“One look at the library and you'll see why. With its futuristic (未来派的) design and walls loaded with books, it's the dream library of every book lover”可知，让图书爱好者喜欢上天津滨海公共图书馆的是它的设计和书墙。
2．Where does the text most probably come from?
A．A fiction. B．A tour guide.
C．A newspaper. D．A book.
答案与解析：C 考查文章出处。根据第一段中的“A new library in Tianjin — Tianjin Binhai Public Library — recently became an online hit. The Daily Mail described it as the ‘world's ultimate (终极的) library’”可知，这篇文章可能出自报纸。
3．Why are physical libraries necessary to exist?
A．Everyone has a phone with them.
B．Some people are still used to the old ways.
C．More and more people use computers.
D．People can buy what they want there.
答案与解析：B 考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Since not everyone can afford a smartphone, a tablet or an Internet connection, and not everyone has the knowhow... are available to a larger group of people”可知，由于并不是每个人都能通过网络获取知识，所以一些人依然在使用老方法，即去图书馆获取知识。
4．What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Libraries living on in the digital age.
B．Internet libraries nowadays.
C．Physical libraries in the past.
D．People's dream libraries.
答案与解析：A 考查主旨大意。根据全文内容尤其是第二段中的“When physical bookstores are closing down one by one, what makes libraries... now that we've got the Internet in our hands”可知，这篇文章的主旨是在数字化时代，图书馆仍将继续存在。
