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1、英语AThe Donkey Mobile LibraryIt is a bright morning in the Ethiopian countryside. Yohannes walks beside a pair of donkeys that are pulling a two-wheeled cart. They arrive at the agricultural town of Awassa where Yohannes opens the sides of the cart to display, not the usual vegetables or tools, but c
2、hildrens books. This is the Donkey Mobile Library, the first of its kind in Ethiopia and one of only a few in the world. Yohannes was born in Ethiopia, North Africa, but trained to be a librarian in the USA and returned to Ethiopia years ago. The cart is full of picture books donated by American lib
3、raries, teachers and school children. Yohannes arranges small painted benches in the shade of the trees, and suddenly Ethiopian children come shouting and racing down every road and path. Its mobile library day! They circle the bookshelves with great excitement. Until the Donkey Mobile Library began
4、 its regular two-monthly visits, many of these children had never seen a book. “Without books, education is very dull, like food without salt. You can survive but you cant really come alive,” says Yohannes. “The ability to read is the basis for greater productivity, better health and longer life. Ev
5、en though the children lack material goods, with books they can imagine a world of possibilities.” Yohannes first worked in the childrens section of the main library in America. Surrounded by books he had never seen before, he realized how joyful and imaginative childrens literature is. He says, “I
6、always thought of Ethiopia. But how could I bring childrens books to my home country when it had almost no libraries to keep the books in?” He contacted Jane Kurtz, a writer born in America but brought up in Ethiopia, and together they created the Donkey Mobile Library. The children say that the Lib
7、rary has given them ideas about what they might do in the future. A child called Dareje wants to be a scientist and find a cure for life-threatening diseases. An eleven year-old girl, Fikerte, wants to do research about the moon and discover new facts about outer space. Tamrat, aged 10, comes every
8、time.“What brings you back here time and time again?” the librarian asks him.“The stories,” Tamrat replies instantly. 1.How do the children feel when they see the Donkey Mobile Library? A. Curious. B. Surprised. C. Interested. D. Excited.2. We can conclude from the passage that .A. Ethiopian childre
9、n have no idea about their futureB. Yohannes and Kurtz share similar life experiencesC. donkey carts in Awassa usually carry vegetables and toolsD. most books in the Donkey Mobile Library were bought in America3. According to the passage, the Donkey Mobile Library .A. visits the countryside every da
10、y B. benefits Ethiopian children a lot C. was created by Yohannes himself D. was the first of its kind in the world4. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?A. A news report. B. A book review. C. A historical story. D. An advertisement.BSir,Just over six months ago, I saw an advert
11、isement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a remarkable price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wante
12、d a set of Shakespeares plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens boo
13、ks to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read F
14、rench, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.You d
15、id not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still a
16、ll in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set
