SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Like business and industry, the academic world is changing as technology advances. Libraries are one place we see   36  . Many innovative (创新的) things are happening in both public and university libraries. Libraries are using new equipment and techniques for   37   and librarians are teaching students the new techniques.
One   38   that some university libraries are now providing is a computer search of materials for students doing research. Before starting a research project, students check with their library to see if a computer search is   39  . This kind of search cannot help with all research projects,   40   it can save time if the topic is in the computer’s database. When you are doing a manual search for a research paper, you look at all the indexes (索引)   41   to the research topic. You look up the   42   related to the topic in the indexes. It takes many hours to look up this information and write down the references. A computer search is faster and easier. You and a librarian decide on the words to   43   the computer. The computer looks for these words in this database and gives you a list of reference for your topic. A computer can take two or more ideas and produce references that   44   those ideas. A computer search can also be more complete than a manual search.
College and university libraries are providing other technological services as well. Another change is the   45   use of microfilm. Librarians are able to collect more materials in one building by having newspapers, magazines, and other documents on microfilm. Students use microfilm readers in the library for these materials.
These innovations in libraries are helpful to library users, but they are also expensive. So many libraries are facing   46   problems. There is more technology available today.   47  , libraries are paying higher costs for the equipment that makes research easier.
36. A. books                 B. changes                    C. accidents                  D. fairy tales
37. A. search                 B. reading                    C. playing                    D. research
38. A. book                  B. topic                        C. relation                    D. service
39. A. worthwhile         B. considerable             C. desperate                  D. independent
40. A. and                    B. for                           C. but                          D. otherwise
41. A. artificial             B. reserved                   C. appropriate               D. tentative
42. A. words                 B. sentences                  C. passages                   D. articles
43. A. fix                            B. enter                        C. draw                        D. find
44. A. finish                 B. pay                          C. promote                   D. combine
45. A. rare                    B. valuable                   C. frequent                   D. limited
46. A. computer            B. budget                            C. personnel                 D. public
47, A. At length            B. All at once                C. Above all               D. As a result