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在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给

    Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and to learn. For more than 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ e   1   . 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 b   2    development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated(捐赠) 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   3    Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have access（接触的机会） to books, lectures, news and more.

Chances are that there is a public library in or near your c   4   . 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,

i   5    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 aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images from the story h   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 s   7   .” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

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uding      ily        7. shut

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