The difference a school librarian can make

江西萍鄉蘆溪中學 王 影

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難詞探意

1. beleaguered /b?'li?ɡ?d/ adj. 飽受批評的

2. gush /ɡ?∫/ v. 過分稱贊

3. intuitive /?n'tju??t?v/ adj. 直覺的

A few years ago, we moved our young daughter to a new school district. When we toured her new school before the year started, she noted with interest, “Hey, they have a librarian here. A real one.” At my daughter's last school, they only had abeleagueredmedia specialist who was shared with four other schools. When the specialist wasn't in the building, the library was considered “closed”. So, my daughter—a big reader—was excited to learn that her school library would actually be open every single day.

“DAD!”shegushed.“Our librarian is so nice! She said that I had her permission to take out extra books! And she made a special bookbox just for me where she's going to keep books that she thinks I'll like! ” This librarian had known my daughter for less than an hour and yet she'd already gotten my kid excited about reading and matched her with an incredibly insightful book recommendation on the first day of school. That's impressive.

That was the moment when I truly realized how vital school librarians are. They play a very specific and very necessary role in the educational development of our children. They don't just shush noisy kids and guard their precious books. They teach kids how to seek out knowledge for themselves.School librarians aren't gatekeepers. They give kids the keys and teach them how to use the gate. And school librarians are generally the kindest, warmest and mostintuitiverecommendation-givers ever.They get to know your kids. They get a sense of them. They've learned through study, hard work, and practice which books will work for particular students and which ones won't.

It would be impressive enough if that was all that school librarians did, but they do so much more.At my daughter's school, her beloved librarian also taught the kids how to research, how to use Google Docs and PowerPoint, and how to give presentations. The librarian led robotics classes,ran after-school clubs, and organized the school-wide Battle of the Books. I consider myself lucky that my daughter got to experience having a really amazing school librarian. I can't begin to tell you the difference it made to her elementary school years. Every kid deserves that experience.

Reading

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1. What can be inferred from the first two paragraphs?

A. The real librarian in the girl's last school is irresponsible.

B. The author's daughter loves the librarian of the new school.

C. The author's daughter disliked reading at the last school.

D. The author's daughter has known the librarian of the new school for a long time.

2. What does the underlined word “shush” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Blame. B. Punish. C. Calm. D. Wake.

3. How does the author feel about the librarian of the new school?

A. Critical. B. Concerned. C. Disapproving. D. Appreciative.

4. The text is most probably taken from .

A. a novel B. a textbook

C. a magazine D. an advertisement

Language

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Sentence for writing

At my daughter's school, her beloved librarian also taught the kids how to research, how to use Google Docs and PowerPoint, and how to give presentations.

【信息提取】此句中how to research, how to use Google Docs and PowerPoint, and how to give presentations為“特殊疑問詞+不定式”結構，在句中作賓語。

【句式仿寫】我媽媽教會了我如何做飯。