Question

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.

Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.

In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

1.The main idea of the second paragraph is________.

A. Franklin started the first subscription library

B. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

C. in a subscription library people pay money to become members

D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

2.The underlined word “borrow” means_______.

A. use for a short time and then return

B. read and write with no help from another person

C. like very much

D. lend

3.The passage does not say it, but we can guess that_______.

A. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

B. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

4.Harvard University began_______.

A. in 1731 B. in 1730 C. in 1638 D. in 1833

5. At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A. people could use books for no money at all

B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D. both A and B

Answer 1