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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 doorof 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."

What a relief!

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66. 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.

67. 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

68. The library was built __________.

A. by a ship supply company 　　
B. on the basis of toy horses
C. like a mailbox 　　　　　　　
D. with glass

69. 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.

70. 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

参考译文

这是一个看起来很温馨的图书馆，它被漆成黄色，并用棕榈树贴纸装饰过，它的屋顶可以遮挡佛罗里达的烈日。微波炉的大小也是为行人方便的，它就在沿着棕榈滩花园北部边界的棕榈滩乡村庄园人行道旁边放着，等候图书爱好者的使用。

这是一个用爱建造的图书馆。

一年前，詹尼·亨里克森看到布莱恩·威廉姆斯的一篇关于小的免费图书馆组织的报导，该组织是以威斯康辛州为基地的非营利组织，其旨在促进识字并通过提供免费图书的方式在社区建立社区意识，不久之后，她向她的四口之家宣布：“这就是我们春季假期要做的事！”

现读10年级的儿子奥斯汀不明白建立一个类似于邮箱的图书馆的意义。但詹尼坚持这样做，并且她的丈夫彼得也不愿意工作。51岁的船舶供应公司持有人改建了一间他数年前为他女儿阿比的玩具马建的小木屋，并安装了一扇玻璃门。

在添上图书馆的最后装点之后，他们家在门前挂了一块告示牌，用来指导用户“借书，还书”，并建立了亨里克森图书馆，现在它是全国数百个类似的图书馆之一，也是全世界2500多个图书馆之一，更是棕榈滩县唯一的小免费图书馆。

他们收藏了20余本他们曾经读过的书，其中混合着科幻小说、参考书、小说以及儿童读物。全职妈妈詹尼说：“我告诉他们，记住，你可能不会再次看到它。”

从那时起，书籍不断得到补充，这都得益于借阅者持续不断的捐献。现在图书馆平均每天都有5个人来。

彼得说，这个项目最好的回报就是留下的感谢信。“开始我们并没有想到它会如此受欢迎”。

答案解析

66. B 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段第二句可知这家图书馆是为了方便爱读书的行人借书而建立的，因此B项正确。67.D 考查细节理解。根据文章第三段第一句可知Janey Henriksen看到一篇关于the Little Free Library organization的报告后受到启发，因而产生了建立这样的图书馆的想法。

68. C 考查细节理解。根据文章第四段第一句的内容可知C项正确。

69. C 考查推理判断。根据文章第五段的内容可知，这个标牌要求借书者拿走一本书就要归还一本书，其目的是使图书馆能够持续更长的时间。

70. A 考查细节理解。根据文章倒数第二段第一句可知借书者经常捐书给图书馆，因此A项正确。文章没有提到为图书馆收集书会有报酬，因此B项错误；文章最后一段提受到Peter说经常收到借书者的感谢信，而不是借书者收到感谢信，因此C项错误；文章倒数第二段第二句提到图书馆现在平均每天接待5个人，因此D项错误。