TherearealotofpubliclibrariesinBritain.Theselibrarieshavemorethanonehundredandfifteenmillionbooksnotincludingthoselibrariesofpublicschools.
Publiclibrariesnotonlylendbooksmusicrecordsbutalsohelpchildrenpatientsinhospitalsandotherstogetspecialplayreadingsfilmshowsandsoon.
Thefirstpubliclibrarieswerefoundedinabouttheyear1850.Today’spubliclibrariesusuallyhaveareading-roomalendingroomandareferenceroom.
ThegreatestandmostfamouslibraryinBritainisthatoftheBritishLibraryinLondon.Itwasfoundedin1973andhasover10000000books.IthasnearlyeverymagazinenewspaperandbookpublishedinBritainandotherpartsacrosstheworld.
56.HowmanybooksarethereintheBritishMuseum?
A.Nomorethan10000000. B.10000000orless.
C.Morethan10000000. D.Just10000000.
57.The“referenceroom”meansaplaceforpeopleto________.
A.borrowbooks B.lookupsomething C.readmagazines D.lendrecords
58.TheBritishLibrary______.
A.wasfoundedintheseventeenthcentury
B.wasfamousonlyforitsrichcollectionofbooksandmagazines
C.isfamousonlyforitslonghistory
D.wasfoundedinthelater20thcentury
59.Whichisthebesttitle?
A.PublicLibrariesinBritain B.TheBritishLibrary
C.TheRichestLibraries D.AFamousLibrary