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1、2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题（8）及答案(201*·四川卷，C)ThemultimillionpoundnewLibraryofBirmingham(LoB)willbethemostvisiblesignofthewaythecityisacceptingthedigitalization(数字化)ofeverydaylife.Settoopenin2013,the￡188mLoBisalreadybeginningtotakeshapenexttotheBirminghamRepertoryTheatre,withwhichitwil
2、lsharesomeequipment.Asdigitalmedia(媒介)isimportanttoits_idea,_theprojectisalreadyprovidingchancesforsomeofthemanysmallnewlocalcompaniesworkingatthenewtechnologies.BrianGambles,theLoBprojectdirector,saysitisaboutgivingpeopletherighttoolsforlearning：“Theaimistomixthephysicalwitht
3、hedigital,providing24hourserviceswhichcanbeusedthroughmanydifferentways.Itisimportanttoenableustoreachmorepeople,moreeffectively.”Thedigitallibrarywill,hesays,beasimportantasthephysicalone,allowingthedistantuseoftheservices,makingsurethatitisneverclosedtothepublic.Evenbeforeth
4、eLoBiscomplete,thepublichasbeenabletogoonlinetovisittheVirtual(虚拟的)LoB,designedbyBaden,theBirminghamvirtualworldsspecialists.NotonlyhavethepublicbeenabletolearnabouttheLoB,butthevirtualonehasalsoenabledthoseworkingontheLoBtounderstandthebuildingandhowitwillworkbeforeitevenopen
5、s.TwoothersmallBirminghambaseddigitalcompaniesarealsoworkingontheLoBprojects.Substrat,adigitaldesigncompany,isdevelopingwhatitcallsanexampleofan“enlargedreality”project.Itisabouttheuseofanexcitingsmartphone,animportantpartoftheLoBwhichisintheearlystagesofdevelopment.AndThePeop
6、le'sArchiceisanonlinelibraryofhistoricalfiguresofthecitybeingbuiltupbyadigitalcontentcompanyinCahoots,inwhichuserswillbeencouragedtoaddtoandcommentonthematerial.Gamblessays:“Technologywillenableustomakethelibrary'scontentandservicesopentocitizensasneverbefore.”投资数百万英镑的伯明翰新建图书馆
7、将会是目前很有代表性的数字化图书馆，在这样的图书馆，人们将会体验新的阅览工具，并且能够真正做图书馆的主人，即：能够参与图书内容的增补与建议。9．Theunderlinedpart“itsidea”inParagraph3referstotheideaof________.A．theequipmentB．theprojectC．thedigitalmediaD．thephysicallibrary答案：B。词义猜测题。根据下一句话的信息词“theprojectisalreadyproviding...”可以断定此处的代词its指的就是theproje
8、ct。10．WhilevisitingtheVirtualLoB,thepubliccan________.A．getag
