四川成都市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮提升选练80集之（33）阅读理解。ThepoundnewLibraryofBirmingham（LoB）willbethemostvisiblesignofthewaythecityisacceptingthedigitalization（数字化）ofeverydaylife.Settoopenin2013,the£188mLoBisalreadybeginningtotaleshapenexttotheBirminghamRepertoryTheatre,withwhichitwillsharesomeequipment.Asdigitalmedia（媒介）isimportanttoitsidea.theprojectisalreadyprovidingchancesforsomeofthemanysmallnewlocalcompaniesworkingatthenewtechnologies.BrianGambles,theLoBprojectdirector,saysitisaboutgivingpeopletherighttoolsforlearning,“Theaimistomixthephysicalwiththedigital.Providing24-hourserviceswhichcanbeusedthroughmanydifferentways.Itisimportanttoenableustoreachmorepeople,moreeffectively.”Thedigitallibrarywill,hesays,beasimportantasthephysicalone,allowingthedistantuseoftheservices,makingsurethatitisneverclosedtothepublic.EvenbeforetheLoBiscomplete,thepublichasbeenabletogoonlinetovisittheVirtual（虚拟的）LoB,designedbyBaden,theBirminghamvirtualworldsspecialists.NotonlyhavethepublicbeenabletolearnaboutLoB,butthevirtualonehasalsoenabledthoseworkingontheLoBtounderstandthebuildingandhowitwillworkbeforeitevenopens.TwoothersmallBirmingham-baseddigitalcompaniesareworkingontheLoBprojects.Substrat,adigitaldesigncompany,isdevelopingwhatitcalls“enlargereality”project.Itisabouttheuseofanexcitingsmartphone,animportantpartoftheLoBwhichisintheearlystagesofdevelopmentisanonlinelibraryoffiguresofthecitybeingbuiltbyadigitalcontentcompanyinCahoots,inwhichuserswillbeencouragedtoaddtoandcommentonthematerial.Gamblessays:“Technologywillenableustomakethelibrary’scontentandservicesopentocitizensasseverbefore.”()1.Theunderlinepart“itsidea”inParagraph3referstotheideaof____.A.theequipmentB.theprojectC.thedigitalmediaD.thephysicallibrary()2.WhilevisitingtheVirtualLoB,thepubliccan_____.A.getageneralideaoftheLoBB.meetmanyworld-famousexpertsC.learnhowtoputupalibrarybuildingD.understandhowthespecialistsworkontheproject()3.WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheLoBwhenitopens?a.Itoffersbetterlearningtoolsb.Itreachesusersindifferentwaysc.Itprovidesuserswithsmartphoned.Itallowsuserstoenrichitsmateriale.Itgivesnon-stopphysicalanddigitalservicesA.a,b,dB.a,c,eC.b,c,dD.b,d,e()4.Thistextismostprobablytakenfrom.A.aputbookB.alibraryguideC.ahandbookD.anewspaperreport【答案与解析】【要点综述】本篇文章为新闻报道类文体。文章报道了LibraryofBirmingham（伯明翰图书馆）将会投巨资改建成一个全新的数字化图书馆的事情。1．B词义推断题。通过分析单词所在的这个句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主语“这个工程的”，itsidea便是指theideaoftheproject。2．A细节理解题。根据第6段第2句“NotonlyhavethepublicbeenabletolearnaboutLoB,butthevirtualonehasalsoenabledthoseworkingontheLoBtounderstandthebuildingandhowitwillworkbeforeitevenopens.”可知答案为A。B、C、D说法均有误。3．A细节理解题。根据第4段“itisaboutgivingpeopletherighttoolsforlearning”，“whichcanbeusedthroughmanydifferentways”及第7段“inwhichuserswillbeencouragedtoaddtoandcommentonthematerial”可知。4．D推理判断题。文章首段便简明地概括了文章主题，全文体现较明显的及时性，这是新闻类文体的典型特征，据此可判断文章应来源于一篇新闻报道。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Americaisgrowingolder.Fiftyyearsago,only4outofevery100peopleintheUnitedStateswere65orolder.Today,10outofevery100Americansareover65.TheagingofthepopulationwillaffectAmericansocietyinmanyw...
