Bookstores are fascinating places. There the books can take you to magical lands, help you learn a foreign language, or cook a delicious meal. But when your community doesn’t have enough space for a real brick bookstore, you have to make a compromise (妥协). A mobile bookstore that brings books around the country is the result. That is the case for Rita Collins, 70, who dreamed of opening a bookstore after retiring.

A business planning class convinced Collins that opening a bookstore in the small town where she lives would not be practical. Eureka, Montana, located just nine miles from the Canadian border, only has a population of 1,517. Collins asked her instructors about a traveling bookstore on wheels and they were doubtful. But she insisted.

Collins was inspired by Dylans Mobile Bookstore, a traveling bookstore in Wales run by Jeff Towns. She contacted Jeff for advice but she was largely on her own when it came to building her bookstore. First, she had to find a vehicle large enough to stand in. Then she had to have it refitted with shelves that would hold the books at a 15-degree angle so that they would stay in place while in transportation. Collins named her bookstore St Rita’s Traveling Bookstore, which has been on the road since 2015.

At first, she drove through Montana and then she made her first cross-country trip in 2016. Collins and her mobile bookstore have visited 30 states. Collins loves meeting people and making connections. She sets up a typewriter outside the store and encourages customers to write. One time, a young man typed an entire page about a friend of his. That’s something she never expected.

While she loves what she does, Collins doesn’t think she can keep doing it due to her old age. In several years, she hopes to pass her traveling bookstore onto another bibliophile (爱书者)who shares the same interest and will keep it on the road.

【小题1】Why does the author mention the mobile bookstore in Paragraph 1?

A．To advertise it in small towns.

B．To compare it with the fixed one.

C．To introduce the story of Collins.

D．To introduce the main types of bookstores.

【小题2】Why was Collins advised not to open a bookstore in her town?

A．Few people love reading in her town.	B．It has a small consumer market.
C．She lacked start-up capital.	D．No one gave her guidance.

【小题3】What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．Where Collins got the inspiration for her bookstore.

B．Why Collins bookstore became famous soon.

C．How Collins got support for her bookstore.

D．How Collins built her mobile bookstore.

【小题4】What is Collins’ future plan?

A．To invite more people to open traveling bookstores.

B．To find a booklover to take over her bookstore.

C．To keep traveling to other states by herself.

D．To sell more books in many areas.