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(2020·武昌区高三调研考试)
I grew up in libraries，or at least it feels that way.I went there several times a week with my mother when I was young.Those visits were fantastic.The library might have been the first place where I was ever given autonomy( 自主权).In the library，I could have anything I wanted.And on the ride back to home，my mom and I would talk about the order in which we were going to read our books，a solemn conversation in which we planned how to pace ourselves through this charming period until the books were due.
When I left for college，one of the many ways I differentiated myself from my mom was that I was wild about owning books.All I know is that I lost my appreciation of the slow pace of making my way through a library and of having books on borrowed time.If my mother ever mentioned to me that she was on the waiting list for some books at the library，I got annoyed and asked why she didn't just buy it.
But in 2011，one of my son's school assignments was to interview someone who worked for the city.He said he wanted to interview a librarian.As my son and I drove to meet the librarian，I was flooded by a sense of absolute familiarity，a recollection of the journey of the parent and child on their way to the library.I had taken this trip so many times before，but at that moment I turned my thought on its head，and I was the parent bringing my child on that special trip.
As I walked into the library，nothing had changed—the sense of gentle，steady busyness，like a pot of water on a rolling boil(沸点)，was just the same.In the library，time is dammed up—not just stopped but saved.I knew what hooked me was the shock of familiarity I felt—the way it revealed my childhood，my relationship with my mom，my love of books.However，as I was rediscovering those memories，my mother was losing all of hers.The writer Amadou Hampâté Ba once said that in Africa，whenever an old man dies，it is as though a library were burning down.But if you can take something from his or her internal collection and share it，it takes on a life of its own.
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者通过自己的亲身经历，最终认识到了图书馆对她的价值，即它是承载无数记忆的地方。
1．What can be inferred about the author's childhood from Paragraph 1?
A．She lived near a library.
B．She possessed a library.
C．She didn't borrow books from libraries.
D．She enjoyed visits to libraries.
D [考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“Those visits were fantastic.The library might have been the first place where I was ever given autonomy(自主权).In the library，I could have anything I wanted”可推知，作者在孩童时期喜欢去图书馆。故选D。]
2．How did the author change after entering college?
A．She lost her enthusiasm for reading.
B．She did not return books on time.
C．She quit the habit of going to libraries.
D．She wanted to buy books for her mom.
C [考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句中的“I was wild about owning books”以及最后一句中的“I got annoyed and asked why she didn't just buy it”可知，作者上大学后，不再喜欢到图书馆借书了。故选C。]
3．What did the author rediscover when she walked into the library with her son?
A．Her love of libraries.
B．Her delight in owning books.
C．Her lost memory of her mom.
D．Her familiarity with her mom.
A [考查推理判断。根据第四段第三句“I knew what hooked me was the shock of familiarity I felt—the way it revealed my childhood，my relationship with my mom，my love of books”可知，当作者和自己的儿子走进图书馆的时候，作者重拾了那些与图书馆相关的美好回忆，由此可推知，作者重新发现了自己对图书馆的喜爱。故选A。]
4．Which can be the title of this passage?
A．The library—a world of knowledge
B．The library—a place of memory
C．The library—a busy place
D．The library—an old man
B [考查标题判断。文章讲述了作者通过“喜欢图书馆——疏远图书馆——重新发现对图书馆的喜爱”这样一段亲身经历，最终认识到了图书馆对她的价值，即它是承载无数记忆的地方。由此可知，B项适合作本文标题。]
