Упр.5 Юнит 2 Step 2 ГДЗ Rainbow English 9 класс
Read the text and complete it with the derivatives of the words on the right.
Library
A library is a place where books and documents are kept. (1) librarians help (2) readers with the books they need. They can also help with some (3) information. There are (4) different kinds of libraries. In some you can borrow books and take them home. They are (5) borrowing libraries. In others students and (6) scientists use the books and documents for their work only inside the library. People have used libraries for as long as Man has known how to write. Libraries have helped people a lot in the field of (7) education.
- A. Read the text and match its parts with the following statements. There is one statement you don’t have to use.
- This library once changed its name.
- This library is mostly used by scientists.
- This library was first used by a rather small group of people.
- This library changed the place of its location not so long ago.
- This library enlightens people in different ways.
The Famous Libraries of the World
1. The US Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. It has about 90 million items — books, manuscripts, maps, photographs and pieces of music etc. The library has about 350 miles of bookshelves in three gigantic buildings in Washington, D.C. The collection was started in 1800 to help congressmen with their work. When, in 1814, the books were destroyed in a fire, the Congress bought Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of about 6500 books, the beginning of a new collection. Now the library is open to the public.
2. The Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library) is the most important library in France and one of the oldest in the world. Its beginning was the first royal library started by Charles V in the 14th century. In 1692 the library was opened to the public and renamed the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1795. The library’s collection nowadays includes about 14 million books and 180 thousand manuscripts from France and other countries.
3. The Russian State Library in Moscow is one of the largest in the world. It has more than 44 million items in 247 languages: books, newspapers, maps, music and other things. The library is not only a place to read. It is also a learning centre which organizes lectures, discussions and presentations. The library was opened in the 18th century based on Count Rumyantsev’s collection and since that time it has been used by millions of people who come to the library and use its Internet site.
4. The British Library is the national library of the UK. It has a large new building in London which was finished in 1996. Before that the library was part of the British Museum. Nowadays every visitor to the museum can see the famous Reading Room designed as Rome’s Pantheon. Some of the greatest thinkers and the most famous people of their times have worked in this room: writers, dramatists, politicians such as Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.
- B. Some words in the text may be new to you. Do you understand what they mean? What helped you to understand their meanings?
1) Librarians help readers with the books they need. They can also help with some information.
2) There are different kinds of libraries. In some you can borrow books and take them home. They are borrowing libraries. In others students and scientists use the books and documents for their work only inside the library.
3) People have used libraries for as long as Man has known how to write. Libraries have helped people a lot in the field of education.
Ответ: 1) readers, information; 2) different, borrowing, scientists; 3) education.
