词语运用(10个小题,每小题1分,共10分)
,阅读短文,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词,有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
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The Library of Congress is American’s national library. It has ______ of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photos, art prints, movies, and ______instruments. All together, it has ______than 100 million objects.
The Library of Congress is _______to the public Monday through Saturday, _____for government holidays. The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It_____with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. ______1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all ______ that year when the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain.
To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven ______.
In 1897, the library_____into its own building, across the street from the Capitol.