THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA
Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (36) ……..there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (37). But in the days when books were copied by hand rather than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far (38) ____copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39) …….all, that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number was considered huge. It was the first time that anyone (40)……. ever collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about (41) …….these books were lost. (42)……. is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it (43) six months to burn them. (44)……. happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library's treasures were lost forever - some books were never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library (45)…….
Question 36. A. where B. which C. that D. whose
Question 37. A. the other B. other C. another D. the another
Question 38. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer
Question 39. A. among B. of C. for D. in
Question 40. A. has B. has been C. was D. had
Question 41. A. how B. when C. what D. which
Question 42. A. Some B. One C. A D. It
Question 43. A. took B. spent C. cost D. lasted
Question 44. A. However B. Whenever C. Whatever D. Whoever
Question 45. A. made up B. composed C. contained D. included
Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (36) ……..there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (37). But in the days when books were copied by hand rather than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far (38) ____copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39) …….all, that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number was considered huge. It was the first time that anyone (40)……. ever collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about (41) …….these books were lost. (42)……. is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it (43) six months to burn them. (44)……. happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library's treasures were lost forever - some books were never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library (45)…….
Question 36. A. where B. which C. that D. whose
Question 37. A. the other B. other C. another D. the another
Question 38. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer
Question 39. A. among B. of C. for D. in
Question 40. A. has B. has been C. was D. had
Question 41. A. how B. when C. what D. which
Question 42. A. Some B. One C. A D. It
Question 43. A. took B. spent C. cost D. lasted
Question 44. A. However B. Whenever C. Whatever D. Whoever
Question 45. A. made up B. composed C. contained D. included