Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and to learn. For more than 100 years, libraries have p【小题1】 an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin famously founded America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie d【小题2】 millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country.
Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1, 679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed in the chances that libraries could o【小题3】 the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have access to books, lectures, news and more.
Chances are that there is a p【小题4】 library in or near your community. You can easily find one close to your home. After all, the United States has 9, 225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven out of ten libraries have free Internet. This opens many doors for people who cannot go online at home, including the opportunity to apply for jobs online.
Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program! Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime: As kids listen to a book being read a【小题5】, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images from the story h【小题6】: Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” As long as the doors or public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!