TheredphoneboxinBritainisaperfectexampleoftheBritishtra...

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The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people’s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have thought up many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses. 

In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a novel way to save their red phone box. They turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers rallied together to set up the book box after their mobile library service was cancelled. Over 100 books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library. The books are of different kinds, ranging from cooking books to the classics and children’s books.

People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they’d like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.

Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit at night.  “It’s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,” said one of the villagers.

54.   The red phone box has been a symbol of ______.

A. the European architecture                       B. the British culture

C. the development of technology               D. British people’s daily life

55.   The underlined word “novel” in paragraph 2 means ______.

       A. separate            B. traditional                 C. ridiculous                 D. new

56.   People in Somerset turned the red phone box into a mini library to ______.

       A. keep its original function

       B. make up for the lack of library service

       C. provide a place to exchange ideas

       D. to enlarge the collection of the local library

57.   Which of the following statements is true about the red phone box?

       A. The library is open to the public only at night.

       B. The library was set up by a local villager living opposite a phone box.

C. People can borrow books and other audio-visual products there.

       D. Regular check is made to keep the books in good order.

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