It’s such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.
It’s a library built with love.
A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”
Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.
After adding the library’s final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.
They stocked it with 20 or so books they’d already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids’ favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.
Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.
The project’s best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.” In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?
| A．It owns a yellow roof. |
| B．It stands near a sidewalk. |
| C．It protects book lovers from the sun. |
| D．It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations. |
Janey got the idea to build a library from __________.
| A．a visit to Brian Williams |
| B．a spring break with her family |
| C．a book sent by one of her neighbors |
| D．a report on a Wisconsin-based organization |
The library was built __________.
| A．by a ship supply company |
| B．on the basis of toy horses |
| C．like a mailbox |
| D．with glass |
What can we infer about the signboard?
| A．It was made by a user of the library. |
| B．It marked a final touch to the library. |
| C．It aimed at making the library last long. |
| D．It indicated the library was a family property. |
The passage tells us that the users __________.
| A．donate books to the library |
| B．get paid to collect books for the library |
| C．receive thank-you notes for using the library |
| D．visit the library over 5 times on average daily |
Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace ___ . A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction __
__ specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places; __
__, they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend ￡20 million —23 per cent of
training budget for London 2012 —in increasing the skills of the British workforce to _
_ the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians _
__ attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told TheTimes, "All the way along we have been holding the view
we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the
population."
Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace ___ . A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction __
__ specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places; __
__, they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend ￡20 million —23 per cent of
training budget for London 2012 —in increasing the skills of the British workforce to _
_ the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians _
__ attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told TheTimes, "All the way along we have been holding the view
we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the
population."
Only mother’s love is true love. It gives everybody everything in all his life. When you are still boy, mother takes good care of you as possible. In your walking hours, she always holds you in her arms.
you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night but forgets about
. When you are growing up day
day, she feels very happy. When you are old
to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels
about you at home. She usually knows about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do
at school, you will see the bright
est smile on her face.
Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. true love it is in the world! We will remember mother love forever!
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The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began 31 a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After 32 (program) by an operator 
33 used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made 34 work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers. 35 , with its memory 36 (improve), the computer was ma
de smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer 37 (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by 38 network, the computer was able to share its knowledge 39 others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer 40 (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.
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— What do you plan to order, please?
—
— Anything else?
— And a cup of tea.
— Is that all?
— Yes. My doctor told me that I should lose some weight. That’s not healthy.
— How do you feel?
— I feel fine. In fact, Furthermore, some of my old clothes would fit me if I lost about 40 pounds.
— How long will that take you?
— Well, So, maybe six months. Then I can get down to my proper weight.
— Do you plan to eat nothing but salads for six months?
— No, I’ll be able to eat fruit and certain meat. But most important, And I should not eat anything containing sugar.
| A．I’d like some fruit and chicken, please. |
| B．I’m too heavy. |
| C．I should never eat anything between meals. |
| D．I’ve got a badly-diseased heart. |
E.I just have a vegetable salad.
F.I’ve just started.
I’ve never felt better.
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