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Unit 4 Exploring Literture
[单元仿真验收性评价] (时间:100分钟 满分:120分)
第一部分:阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Apple Seeds
Circulation: 1 Year, 9 Issues (期)
Cover Price: $42.55 per issue
Price For You: $33.95
Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award-winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9.The cover is very soft, providing durability (耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come.Besides, there is a big surprise for you — it's being sold at a more favorable discount (折扣) than usual.
Better Life
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues
Cover Price: $44.55 per issue
Price For You: $15.00
Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America's complete home and family service magazine.It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.
Humor Times
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues
Cover Price: $36.00 per issue
Price For You: $11.95
Product Description: Humor Times magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today's world, you need a reason to laugh.So let's find it in Humor Times.
News China
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues
Cover Price: $47.88 per issue
Price For You: $19.99
Product Description: News China magazine is the English edition of China Newsweek.The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc.It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.
语篇解读:本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四种出版物的发行量、售价、优惠价及其具体内容和特点。
1.What do we know about Apple Seeds?
A.You can receive it every month if you buy it.
B.The soft cover can make it kept long.
C.It is the cheapest among all the magazines.
D.The magazine will surprise you for many years.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据Apple Seeds部分中的“The cover is very soft, providing durability that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come.”可知,Apple Seeds的软封面使得它能保存很长时间。
2.What kind of people may buy News China?
A.People crazy about personal lifestyle of the Chinese.
B.People who have a strong sense of humor.
C.People curious about China's politics and culture.
D.People who have interest in news around the world.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据News China部分中的“The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news ... the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.”可知,想了解中国的政治和文化的人会买这本杂志。
3.Which magazine may best help you relax after a day of hard work?
A.Apple Seeds. B.News China.
C.Better Life. D.Humor Times.
解析:选D 推理判断题。根据Humor Times部分中的“Humor Times magazine is for those who love to laugh ... keeps you smiling all year round!”可知,这本杂志可以让人们一直笑,而笑可以帮助你在一天的辛苦工作之后放松。
B
My love for libraries blossomed when I joined the public library.From the age of 8, I was allowed to walk from my home to the downtown library, housed above the police station.Once the librarian gave me my first membership card, I could enjoy a range of books, which started with Little House in the Big Woods.I was addicted instantly, and this love of libraries and reading would change my life, allowing me to one day create a safe space for high-school kids, too.
By the time I was in high school, I could read the authors that we were studying in class, including Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Emily Brontë.During the summer months, I got caught up in Gone with the Wind and Anna Karenina.
When I studied English literature at university, I thought it was time to build my own library.For the next 40 years, I continued to collect books.Until one day, I realized that all my books had become a part of the house, like wallpaper.
Toward the end of my teaching career, I became a teacher-librarian at my old high school, where I had first learned English literature.This position resumed (恢复) my love and appreciation for libraries.I never forgot how wonderful it was to be surrounded by books.I had a generous budget for my classes, so I searched for novels that would interest my teenage audience and hopefully spark (激发) a love of books.Fantasy, science-fiction, graphic novels — I bought almost any type of book that my students wanted to read.I bought sofas and comfortable chairs, turning the library into an inclusive (包容的) public space, safe for everyone.
In doing so, I realized that the library isn't just a place to do research.They are, in fact, places that offer an opportunity to engage with the past, present and future.All that is required is a tiny bit of curiosity.Libraries are places that should be full of life.They help us adjust to the world, and their doors must be kept open to everyone — for free!
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者对图书馆和阅读的热爱。
4.What can we learn about the author during her school time?
A.She enjoyed literature very much.
B.She didn't have money to buy books.
C.She didn't get along well with her parents.
D.She usually stayed home during the summer holidays.
解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第二段的内容和第三段中的“When I studied English literature at university, I thought it was time to build my own library.”可知,作者高中时代就很喜欢与文学相关的东西,大学也学习文学,甚至还想为此建立自己的图书馆。由此推知,作者非常喜欢文学。
5.Which of the following can best describe the author after she became a librarian?
A.Gentle. B.Devoted.
C.Humorous. D.Independent.
解析:选B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可知,作者成为图书管理员后,为了激发学生对图书的热爱,不但四处寻找学生想读的任何类型的图书,还买了沙发和舒适的椅子,把图书馆变成了一个包容的公共空间,费尽心力,可谓是全身心投入其中。
6.What does the author think of libraries?
A.They are places mainly used for research.
B.They help people to connect with the world.
C.They should be profitable.
D.They should be set up mainly in high schools.
解析:选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“They help us adjust to the world, and their doors must be kept open to everyone — for free!”可推知,作者认为图书馆帮助人们适应这个世界,说明图书馆可用来帮助人们与世界建立联系。
7.What is the author's main purpose in writing the article?
A.To tell readers how to make full use of libraries.
B.To tell readers what she learned from books.
C.To show her love for reading and libraries.
D.To show how much she missed being a teacher.
解析:选C 写作意图题。通读文章可知,全文都在讲作者对阅读和图书馆的热爱。由此推知,作者写这篇文章主要是为了表达自己对阅读和图书馆的热爱。
C
Stories are shared in many ways.They are described in books and magazines.They are read around the campfire at night.They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths.But what else?
To revive literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of short-form literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers (分发机) in the US in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.
Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Café Zoetrope in San Francisco.Last month, public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too.There is one on the campus at Penn State.A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla.And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.
“Everything old is new again,” said Andrew Nurkin, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers.“We want people to be easily exposed to literature.We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.”
Here's how a dispenser works: It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes.When a button is pushed, a short story is printed.
The stories are free.They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Edition's judges, and transmitted over a mobile network.Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like children's fiction or romance.Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests.
Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide.“The idea is to make people happy,” said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition.“There is too much unhappiness today.”
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了为了能够在快新闻时代和智能手机成瘾的时代复兴文学,法国文学出版商Short Edition过去几年在美国设立了30多个小说分发机。
8.What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?
A.They are easily read.
B.They are short in form.
C.They can be bought from booths.
D.They can be found in magazines.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes.”可知,小说分发机发送的小说都很短。
9.Which paragraph shows the popularity of story dispensers in America?
A.Paragraph 3. B.Paragraph 5.
C.Paragraph 6. D.Paragraph 7.
解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“There is one ... West Palm Beach, Fla.And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.”可知,第三段说明小说分发机在美国很受欢迎。
10.Why are the story dispensers set up according to Andrew Nurkin?
A.To introduce French literature.
B.To get rid of smartphone addiction.
C.To make people have access to literature.
D.To reduce the financial stress of libraries.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“We want people to be easily exposed to literature.”可知,设置小说分发机的主要目的是使人们有机会接触文学。
11.What is the best title for the text?
A.Everything Old Is New
B.Online Reading: a Virtual Tour
C.Short Edition Is Getting Popular
D.Taste of Literature, at the Push of a Button
解析:选D 标题归纳题。通读全文并根据第二段中的“Short Edition ... to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices”可知,法国文学出版商Short Edition过去几年在美国设立了30多个小说分发机。在餐厅、大学、政府办公室只需要按一下按钮即可阅读小说。故D项“轻按一下按钮,即可品味文学作品”适合作文章标题。
D
Every day around the world, thousands of people with little or no scholarly training in art history walk into museums.They may or may not read noticeboards that share relevant information of the artworks or artists.Imagine, before being permitted to direct their eyeballs to the art on the walls, museum visitors were required to read a 15- or 20-page introduction to each piece or each artist.How many people would go to museums if that were the case?
Yet this seems to be the expectation when it comes to reading classic literature.Classic novels typically come with 15- or 20-page introductions, which often include spoilers, assuming that readers do not come to classic books to discover, be absorbed in, and be surprised by the story world.Also, evidently, we mustn't read classics alone, without experts guiding our experiences.
However, classic literature is in a unique position to show us that we're not alone in our pains and joys.By taking us out of our time, classic books free us to see beyond the set of beliefs we stick to and to connect human experiences that remain alive across time and place.What could be more grounding, more comforting, than seeing ourselves in the battles, longings, and pleasures that have played out across hundreds, thousands of years of human history? Our personal engagement (参与) is the first step of a longer journey of discovery that deepens our knowledge and understanding of ourselves and our world.We may, for example, feel for Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter though we feel hopeless of the world she lived in.
While we're letting go of things, let's stop worrying about understanding everything.We can't.It will be fun if we embrace (拥抱) curiosity, the pleasure of working out a mystery, and our common relationships as humans.We can feel, for example, the power of self-sacrifice (牺牲) in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities even when we lack full understanding of the cultural references and language.
语篇解读:本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了经典文学对我们至关重要。
12.What can we infer about most museum goers?
A.They enjoy reading noticeboards.
B.They understand the artworks well.
C.They lack professional art knowledge.
D.They share common interest in artworks.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Every day around the world, thousands of people with little or no scholarly training in art history walk into museums.”可知,许多去博物馆的人缺乏专业的艺术知识。
13.What can the spoilers in paragraph 2 possible be?
A.Story writers.
B.Readers' expectations.
C.Guiding experts.
D.Content given away in advance.
解析:选D 词义猜测题。根据第二段画线词前后语境可知,假设读者来读经典小说不是为了发现、沉浸其中并对故事世界感到惊讶,那么这些15到20页的介绍通常就会包含一些预知的内容,即一些提前展示的故事情节。
14.What prevents readers from enjoying reading classics?
A.Showing curiosity about the writers.
B.Letting go of things.
C.Trying to understand everything.
D.Working out mysteries.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“While we're letting go of things, let's stop worrying about understanding everything.We can't.”可知,试图理解一切阻止了读者享受阅读经典的乐趣。
15.What message is mainly conveyed in the passage?
A.We should find more fun from classics.
B.Reading classics is a personal exploration.
C.Experts need to give readers better guidance.
D.Classic literature benefits readers a great deal.
解析:选B 主旨大意题。根据本文内容并结合第三段中的“Our personal engagement is the first step of a longer journey of discovery that deepens our knowledge and understanding of ourselves and our world.”可知,文章主要传达的信息是:阅读经典是一个自我探索的过程。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you love books, it is good that you want to share this love with other people. Finding a book club nearby means that you can connect with others who have the same hobby as you.The following ways may give you a hand.
__16__ This is a very important step in selecting a book club.Most book clubs have some types of themes or a specific type of books that they read.Deciding on exactly what type of books you would like to read will help you choose the book club to join.
Call your local library and see if they have any book clubs.Many libraries have their own book clubs.__17__ Book lovers often know about book clubs in your area.
Contact groups that you already belong to and see if they have started a book club.Many professional and hobby associations have book clubs as part of their membership.__18__ This can be an excellent way to find a book club about a topic you are interested in.
Look just a bit farther than your local area.If you are willing to travel at least ten miles, you are opening up more chances to find a great book club.__19__ Don't limit yourself to just what is in front of your nose.
__20__ Not every book club is accepting new members.So it is very helpful to gather information about at least several book clubs that interest you.This means that even if one book club says “No, thank you”, you still have two or three others that sound interesting.
A.Every book club has their own schedule.
B.Decide what type of books you want to read.
C.Join the book clubs after you call local libraries.
D.But even if they don't, they know a lot about book lovers.
E.Members often gather to read books of interest and talk about them.
F.Ask each book club you speak to if they are accepting new members.
G.This means there are more libraries and groups available for you to contact.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一些具体的方法来帮助人们找到适合自己的读书俱乐部。
16.解析:选B 根据后文可知,大部分读书俱乐部都有特定的主题和特定的书籍类型,因此要先确定自己的读书类型。故B项“决定你想读什么类型的书”衔接下文,符合语境。
17.解析:选D 根据上下文可知,很多图书馆都有自己的读书俱乐部,爱读书的人通常知道你所在地区的读书俱乐部。故D项“但即使他们没有,他们也认识很多读书爱好者”承上启下,符合语境。
18.解析:选E 本句引领下文,应具体说明后文提到的好方法是什么,故E项“成员们经常聚在一起阅读感兴趣的书籍并谈论它们”符合语境。
19.解析:选G 本句承接上文,应具体说明乐意走10英里的结果是什么,故G项“这意味着你可以联系到更多的图书馆和团体”符合语境。
20.解析:选F 根据后文可知,本句是在说明要事先询问你所接触的读书俱乐部收不收新成员,因为不是每个俱乐部都接受新成员的。故F项“询问你接触的每个读书俱乐部是否接受新成员”符合语境。
第二部分:语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I always want to be a writer. I'm __21__ to books. I can't go a single day without __22__ something — a short story, a novel, or an article. And I also love writing. I feel uncomfortable until I sit in front of a desk or pick up a well-sharpened pencil and just let my __23__ out.
I can be inspired (赋予灵感) by anything: an expression, a song, a movie. Once I get inspired, it's like turning on a __24__ in my mind, and I __25__ one story after another.
I tell my relatives about the stories I write and why I'm working so hard to be in the competitive world of __26__. One aunt hugged me and told me, “Just don't __27__ about the rest of us when you become the next Hemingway.”
Smiling, I __28__, “Don't worry. I won't.” I just know that I will become the next Hemingway. My English and History teachers don't __29__ my writing just because they want to be nice — they know how __30__ and passionate (有激情的) I am about writing, and how that seriousness comes out through my fingers to the __31__.
I don't really know why I love writing so much, I just do. There's something about __32__ on paper for friends on the other side of the globe to read and understand, and about finding just the right __33__ to describe what I can see so clearly in my head. That __34__ me. In a word, writing __35__ me who I am. I love writing.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者对写作的热爱。
21.A.opposed B.glued
C.related D.indifferent
解析:选B 根据上文“I always want to be a writer.”可知,作者想成为作家,此处应表示专心看书。be glued to sth.“全神贯注看着某物”。
22.A.buying B.reading
C.writing D.taking
解析:选B 根据上文“books”以及空后“a short story, a novel, or an article”可知,作者每天都要阅读。
23.A.thoughts B.tips
C.secrets D.hobbies
解析:选A 根据上文“And I also love writing.”可知,此处表示作者拿起笔写作,故指写出自己的思想、想法。
24.A.TV B.document
C.radio D.light
解析:选D 根据上文“Once I get inspired”可知,作者有了灵感,就像是脑子里打开了一盏灯。
25.A.create B.download
C.overuse D.show
解析:选A 根据语境以及下文“the stories I write”可知,此处指作者创作出很多故事。
26.A.business B.science
C.publishing D.printing
解析:选C 结合文中提到的作者喜欢写作可知,他应该是在出版界工作。
27.A.ask B.fear
C.trouble D.forget
解析:选D 根据下文“when you become the next Hemingway”可知,此处指让作者成名时别忘记其他人。
28.A.noticed B.refused
C.disagreed D.replied
解析:选D 根据下文“Don't worry. I won't.”可知,此处是作者回答那位阿姨的话。
29.A.pay B.praise
C.treat D.confuse
解析:选B 根据上文“I just know that I will become the next Hemingway.”和下文“because they want to be nice”可知,作者在写作方面很优秀,故此处指老师们赞扬作者的写作不仅仅是因为他们想显得友好。
30.A.helpful B.serious
C.proud D.powerful
解析:选B 根据语境以及下文“that seriousness”可知,作者对写作认真又有热情。
31.A.paper B.wood
C.painting D.wall
解析:选A 此处描述作者写作,故表示通过手指传递到纸上。
32.A.taking in B.giving up
C.putting down D.setting back
解析:选C 根据前一句中的“I love writing so much”以及下文“on paper for friends on the other side of the globe to read and understand”可知,此处指在纸上写下一些东西,让地球另一端的朋友可以阅读和理解。
33.A.word B.choice
C.answer D.partner
解析:选A 根据上文“writing”以及空后“to describe what I can see so clearly in my head”可知,写作是通过单词来表达思想。
34.A.controls B.annoys
C.attracts D.challenges
解析:选C 根据上文“I don't really know why I love writing so much, I just do.”可知,作者热爱写作,故这个过程很吸引他。
35.A.honors B.requests
C.ruins D.makes
解析:选D 根据下文“me who I am”可知,作者喜爱写作,写作造就了今天的作者。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good __36__ (cook), do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training before mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to __37__ (achieve) a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is — schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication.
You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the __38__ (effective) the writing, and the more rewarding. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary __39__ can take care of all sorts of letter writing. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it __40__ (we).
We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. Constantly, we __41__ (call) on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or __42__ (deliver) by hand, but the daily figures must be __43__ (extreme) large. What's more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes __44__ he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper basket. This is __45__ reason why we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了好的文章就像美食,吸引人们去接近,并建议人们练好写作。
36.cooks 考查名词复数。cook是可数名词,此处表示泛指,需用复数形式,在句中作宾语。
37.achieving 考查非谓语动词。空前的to是介词,此处应用动名词作宾语。
38.more effective 考查形容词比较级。此处应用比较级形式,构成“the+比较级 ...,the+比较级 ...”结构,意为“越……就越……”。
39.who/that 考查定语从句。空处引导定语从句,且在从句中作主语,先行词secretary指人,应用关系代词who/that引导。
40.ourselves 考查反身代词。此处表示“我们自己”,应用反身代词。
41.are called 考查动词时态和语态。分析句子结构和意思可知,此处描述的是现在的事情,应用一般现在时;主语we和动词短语call on之间是被动关系,需用被动语态。
42.delivered 考查非谓语动词。空处与or前的“put into mails”并列作后置定语,应在形式上保持一致,故用过去分词形式,与所修饰的名词短语such words, messages, letters, and reports构成逻辑上的动宾关系。
43.extremely 考查副词。空处修饰形容词large,需用副词形式。
44.what/whatever 考查主语从句。空处引导主语从句,从句中缺少宾语,指物,故用连词what/whatever。
45.the 考查冠词。名词reason后面有定语从句限定,所以这里需要用定冠词the,修饰reason,表特指。
第三部分:写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华,你收到了外国朋友Tom送给你的书——《远大前程》。作为回赠,你打算送一本中国名著给Tom以帮助他提高中文。请你给Tom写一封电子邮件,内容包括:
1.对Tom表示感谢; 2.简单介绍你赠送的书;
3.祝愿他中文学习进步。
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:《远大前程》 Great Expectations
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参考范文:
Dear Tom,
Having received the book you sent me, I can't help writing this email to express my gratitude.The book, Great Expectations, enjoys great popularity around the world.Not only does it help me improve my English but also inspires me.
I am sending you a book, the name of which is History as a Mirror.It is a masterpiece on ancient Chinese history.After reading this book, I think you will know more about China.
In my opinion, to learn a language is to learn its culture.Wish you great progress in Chinese learning.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
18-year-old Sadiya was born in Deora, a small village in eastern India, but moved to the city of Mumbai when she was three. Her father's small business was forced to close temporarily in 2020 and the family returned to her ancestral village.
However, it greatly shocked her when she found that attending school was uncommon in Deora, where almost half of the villagers couldn't read.Unable to afford textbooks, many families often withdrew their children from schools.They didn't wish to educate their children, many of whom had to work in the fields with parents though some had the desire to read.
Sadiya, the college girl with a strong sense of social responsibility, has been trying to seize opportunities to open doors for others.Fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English, she often speaks at inter-college events on the right to education and enjoys a high reputation among college students.
Used to taking on challenges, Sadiya was determined to do something for the children.One day last July, Sadiya sat down with her family elders and proposed the idea of setting up a library.Many shook their heads in disagreement — this wasn't how a young girl should spend her time.
After many discussions, Sadiya finally convinced them and gained access to her relative's guesthouse, mending it with $67 that she'd won in public-speaking awards.She took the help of her uncle, Akbar, and cousin, Nawaz, and got to work.Walls were repainted, the bamboo roof was repaired and lights and bookshelves were fixed, and the room was filled with chairs and a long table.Vivid charts stuck on the walls — from anatomy (解剖) to transportation, lightened the space.Looking at the newly-decorated “library”, Sadiya couldn't hold back her excitement while imagining the children reading books here by light.
All was ready except books.So what Sadiya was desperate to do next was fill the shelves with books.She drew on all her savings and purchased many books suitable for children online.
注意:1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
But these books were far from enough.
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With everything ready, the library finally opened.
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参考范文:
But these books were far from enough.To ensure children get access to more books, Sadiya took pictures of the library and uploaded them online, calling on students to donate books to the children library.Before long, hundreds of new and second-hand books poured in, but they needed checking, classifying and arranging in order on the shelves, which took Sadiya, her uncle and cousin a whole week.Tired as Sadiya was, a smile lit up her face when she pictured the scene where children were buried in reading by the book-filled shelves.
With everything ready, the library finally opened.Several children stepped in curiously, asking Sadiya, “Can we read the books?” “Sure.Welcome!” Sadiya encouraged them.Some chose what they liked, while others hesitated.Realizing they had trouble reading, Sadiya gathered them in a corner, teaching them from the very beginning.Soon more children joined in.Every night Sadiya spared some time to give lessons so that more children could gain knowledge from the books.Sadiya's efforts opened the wisdom door for them, which would surely make a great difference to their lives.
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