Time talks. It speaks more honestly than words. Time communicates in many ways.
Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Factory managers in the United States fully realize the highest degree of importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.
In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning or after 11 p.m. The call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. Especially a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only one or two days before the party date. It may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. Americans look ahead and are concerned with the future. However, the American idea of future is limited and foreseeable.
Being punctual is also valued highly in American life. People who can not keep on time may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. To an American, being half an hour late is the beginning of the “insult period”. No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by 30-minute wait
Since time has such different meanings in different cultures, communication is sometimes difficult We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.
1. When factory managers in the United States make an announcement during the middle of the morning or afternoon, the announcement________.| A．must be important enough, or it will interrupt the work. |
| B．should be interesting to lift the workers spirits when they are tired. |
| C．can take the workers away from their office. |
| D．will remind the workers they should focus on their work during that time, |
| A．excited. | B．scared. | C．delighted. | D．disappointed. |
| A．calling to your friend at any time is acceptable. |
| B．the invitation should be given to an American friend two weeks before the date. |
| C．American people hope to keep their future under control. |
| D．a date should be settled more than a week away in case of being forgotten |
| A．People can be late for 5 minutes. |
| B．Making a short apology is acceptable. |
| C．Being late will lead to a relationship forever broking up. |
| D．Keeping another person waiting for too long a time is extremely rude. |
| A．customs and cultural factors are connected with time. |
| B．being on time should be highly valued in any culture. |
| C．Time is so complex and important that we should study it |
| D．Time is the key to successful social life. |
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【推荐1】How to Develop Courage by Overcoming Daily Fears
Sometimes when thinking of courage, we think it only applies to rare and uncommon situations. Yet our ordinary lives can also be full of courage, even if we are not facing the end of a gun, a wild animal or a dangerous criminal. Courage doesn’t just mean doing heroic acts.
● Recognize your fears.
By realizing that you’re fearful, you are more likely to get to the bottom of what your fear is.
● Ask yourself what is the worst that can happen.
If you hesitate to take action, ask yourself this: What’s the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then go on to improve on the worst. Is failure the worst thing that can happen? No, absolutely not.
● Take action.
Courage comes from taking action.
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To build up your confidence, you need to do the same thing over and over again. Soon you will discover that less courage is needed because you have already gained mastery (精通). You are able to move decisively (果断地) forward.
| A．Share your fears with others. |
| B．Practice, practice and practice. |
| C．So you are already in a comfort zone. |
| D．You cannot think courage comes just in one day. |
| E．Each undesired result is just one more step towards your goal. |
| F．Find out what is truly holding you back. |
| G．You needn’t wait for an emergency to occur to develop courage. |
【推荐2】For those of us who attempt to keep up with the fashion world to ensure our cupboards stay fresh, the real skeletons(骷髅) in our cupboards are those pieces we bought and only wore once or twice --- mostly from following each season’s new trends.
With fast fashion brands like Forever 21, H&M and Zara’s constant output of new trendy clothing at low prices, it’s easy to fall into the trap of buying clothes regardless of whether you really need them. But unnecessary purchasing, and the mass production of clothing, aren’t just hard on our wallets --- they are hard on the environment.
One of the first steps in getting unwanted clothes out of your cupboard is to sell or consign（寄送）them. But because popular resale shops like Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads don’t accept fast fashion brands because they don’t profit enough from them, people often turn to throwing their old clothing in the dustbins.
Many consumers don’t realize that clothing and textiles（纺织品）are recyclable or how to recycle them. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States generated 16.22 million tons of waste textiles in 2017 and recycled only 2.62 million tons. Ten and a half million tons of textiles were finally buried under the ground that year.
Vetements, a Parisian fashion brand worn by celebrities like Kanye West and Rihanna, aimed to bring awareness to the problem of fast fashion brands and clothing waste with a recent window display at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. The window contained a giant pile of clothes. The pile, which grew daily, was made up of old clothes donated by Saks employees and out-of-season items from the store.
On Aug.10, the clothing from the display was donated to RewearAble, a Long Island recycling program that collects old clothes and textiles, and prepares them for resale or repurposes the textiles.
1. What keeps customers coming back to fast fashion brands like Forever 21, H&M and Zara?| A．Good shopping environment. |
| B．Discounts and promotional activities. |
| C．Warm and thoughtful service of the salesmen. |
| D．Low prices and a continuous supply of new looks. |
| A．many consumers are aware of how to recycle textiles. |
| B．the United States are capable of producing tons of fashionable textiles. |
| C．fast fashion is hard on the environment. |
| D．it is an effective way to deal with waste textiles by burying them under the ground. |
| A．It can help the environment. |
| B．It does good to people’s health. |
| C．It can help change people’s lives. |
| D．It will take the lead in the latest fashion. |
| A．How to Stop Buying Unnecessary Clothes |
| B．Fast Fashion Brands Spread Around the World |
| C．The Advantages and Disadvantages of Fast Fashion |
| D．Fast Fashion Can Kill Your Wallet and the Environment |
【推荐3】My neighbor Mrs. Gargan first told me about it; " Have you seen the tree? she asked as was sitting in the backyard enjoying the October twilight.
"The one down at the corner," she explained. "It's a beautiful- all kinds of colors. You ought to see it."
I told her I would. But I soon forgot about the tree. Three days later, I was jogging down the street, my mind swimming with worries, when a splash of bright orange caught my eye. For an instant, I thought someone’s house had caught fire. Then I remembered the tree.
As I approached it, I slowed down. There was nothing remarkable about the shape of the tree, a medium-sized maple. But Mrs. Gargan had been right about its colors. With its varied nation of color, this tree seemed to become a globe, embracing (拥抱) in its broad branches all seasons and continents: the spring and summer of the Southern hemisphere in the light-and dark greens, the autumn and winter of the Northern in the bunting yellows and bare branches.
As I wondered at this beauty, I thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson's words about the stars. If the stars appeared only once in a thousand years, he observed in Nature, imagine what an exciting event it would be. But because they're up there every night, we barely give them a look.
I felt the same way about the tree. And I had almost missed it.
Once when Emily Dickenson's father noticed a brilliant display of northern lights in the sky over Massachusetls, he lolled (鸣钟)a church bell to alert town's people. That’s what I felt like doing about the tree. I wanted to become a messenger of autumn, awakening the countryside to its wonder. I didn’t have a church bell, but as I walked home, I did ask each neighbor I passed the same simple question "Have you seen the tree?"
1. Why did the author forget about the tree?| A．He had a lot of worries. | B．He was engaged in work. |
| C．He didn't take it seriously. | D．He never passed by the corner. |
| A．Its sinking size. | B．Its rich colours. |
| C．Its amazing shape. | D．Its broad branches. |
| A．Commented. | B．Obeyed. | C．Noticed. | D．Celebrated. |
| A．Ring the church bell. | B．Awaken the town's people. |
| C．Deliver the message of wonder. | D．Check the answer to the question. |
【推荐1】In China, tea has become an important part of everyday life for thousands of years. As the tea-processing methods and tea culture have evolved over the years, tea sets have also changed to meet the practical and cultural needs.
During the Tang Dynasty(618~907AD), tea leaves were traded across the country and Asia. For the convenience of transportation and storage, tea leaves were pressed into bricks. To prepare tea, drinkers had to cut them into small pieces and boil them in heat-resistant teapots.
By the Song Dynasty(960-1279), drinkers started to turn the hard bricks into powders (粉末) that could be whipped (搅打) in a cup with boiled water. This whipped tea is most commonly associated with Japanese tea ceremonies today.
By the 1500s, tea bricks gave way to the form of rolled leaves. This innovation led to the invention and use of teapots as we know them today. These teapots originally came from the Yi Xing region of China and were soon copied throughout the world. Then Japanese teapot-makers moved the handle from the side to the top of the teapots.
Tea finally reached Europe in the 1600s, along with the necessary tea sets made in Japan and China. As English teapot-makers began to adapt the tea sets to their country men’s tastes, they eventually added a handle to the tea bowl because of the English habit of drinking hot black tea, which was consumed at higher temperatures. The size of teacups also grew to accommodate milk and sugar in their tea.
By the early 1900s, innovations in tea drinking became an American affair. The most revolutionary one was the tea bag, which was accidentally commercialized by Thomas Sullivan. He had been sending customers tea wrapped in silk bags. Rather than take the leaves out of the bags, as Sullivan intended, the customers put the bags into their teapots instead. Not only did the tea bags push the teapot back to the sidelines of tea service, they were also too large for teacups and led to the modern practice of drinking tea from mugs.
1. Which was used to make the whipped tea in Japan?| A．Rolled tea leaves. | B．Freshly picked tea leaves. |
| C．Powdered tea leaves. | D．Loosely pressed tea leaves. |
| A．Tea bags and mugs. | B．Tea bowls with handles. |
| C．Heat-resistant teapots. | D．Teapots with top handles. |
| A．Customers are very creative. | B．Innovations are relatively easy. |
| C．Marketing strategy is critical. | D．Good ideas can be born by accident. |
| A．The Development of Tea Sets | B．Varieties of Tea Leaves |
| C．Various Tea-making Methods | D．The Spread of Tea Trades |
【推荐2】Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries -- like the UK or France -- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
1. In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to___________.
| A．get to know each other | B．share the same culture |
| C．develop closer relations | D．keep each other company |
| A．Too many words are of no use. |
| B．The English prefer to make long speeches. |
| C．People from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature. |
| D．Even talk and silence can be culturally different. |
| A．By accepting different habits. |
| B．By recognizing different values. |
| C．By sharing different ways of life. |
| D．By speaking each other's languages. |
| A．Cross-cultural differences |
| B．Multicultural environment |
| C．How to build up a relationship |
| D．How to understand each other |
【推荐3】Integrity
Integrity is the quality of being honest and strong about what you believe to be right. The concept of integrity has played a key role in moral philosophy throughout history and is promoted in all societies because of its importance to social relations. Individual integrity is vital to society, one that enables people to make use of their capacity for critical reflection, does not force people to take up particular roles and does not encourage individuals to betray each other. Besides, societies can be favorable to the development of individual integrity.
Individual integrity can lift up the spirits of the entire society. It can shape the lives of people living in a particular society, the lives of all fellow people and, in its broadest sense, even the destiny(命运) of a nation. By contrast, if those living in the society are corrupt, it could have bad effects, jeopardizing the healthy morality of the society.
On the other hand, a society can be favorable to the development of individual integrity. Society expects and requires integrity. A society consisting of people of integrity, and people who never compromise on their principles, could have a positive mark on the personal development of its members. Being a part of such a morally lively community could serve as a basis for absorbing traits of good character. This could be of a distinct advantage to any individuals in the society.
However, some social structures are of the wrong sort for some individuals to pursue(追求) integrity. If that is the case, we have to ask questions about the moral nature of society first before raising questions about individual integrity.
Questions about integrity may turn out to be about what kind of society it is, rather than about the relationship between individual interests and characteristics of a society. The pursuit of adequate individual integrity often depends, not so much on understanding who one is and what one believes and is committed to, but rather understanding what one’s society is and imagining what it could be.
Under no circumstances can we underestimate the importance of human integrity in a society. People, who are honest, trustworthy, compassionate and caring, are the factors decisive in the growth of individuals as well as the development of a society.
1. Individual integrity has been valued in society because ______.| A．it helps develop philosophy |
| B．it is the basis of critical thinking |
| C．it is important to social relations |
| D．it ensures people’s particular roles |
| A．strengthening | B．assessing |
| C．influencing | D．destroying |
| A．the nature of society is decided by economic development |
| B．the pursuit of individual integrity changes with time |
| C．individual integrity depends on what one believes |
| D．social structures guide the formation of individual integrity |
CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C：Conclusion
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
【推荐1】Spending beyond one’s means is becoming a national problem for Americans. Borrowing has become so easy that it takes great willpower for people to refuse it.“I received a number of gold MasterCard and gold Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months,” said one computer engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Chicago. “I got three of them in one day last week.”
Lenders are providing easy credit (信贷) for borrowers. Many banks now offer every borrower a great variety of credit, a service once offered almost only to big companies. Norwest Bank Minneapolis offers lending programs for cars and boats that can cut monthly payments nearly in half. Carmakers, too, are lengthening easier terms. Ford Motor Credit states that 45% of its recent lending has been for sixty months, rather than the thirty-six-month period that was usual before.
The total consumer debt in the United States rose 173 percent between 1974 and 1984, as the debt for each man, woman, and child increased from $10,264 to $26,566. Huge debt now is present in our economy (经济) at all levels. As a nation, we are more than $7 trillion in debt, and the total keeps increasing astonishingly.
As we have overborrowed, so have we overspent. In late 1986, the share of after-tax income that Americans saved sank below 2 percent for a short time, less than half the figure at which we saved only 10 years ago. Americans now are buying from foreigners between about $50 and $100 billion more Mercedes and Toyotas, Paris fashions, and tours to Europe than the Boeing 747s, agriculture machinery, or Kansas wheat that the foreigners bought from America. The country could not produce and pay for all the things it wanted.
To make a long story, we Americans have serious problems in keeping down spending and keeping up personal saving. It is high time for us American people to learn the basics of long term money management.
1. According to the author, what is a main reason for Americans to overspend?| A．Americans buy a lot of foreign products. |
| B．It is easy for Americans to manage their debts. |
| C．Americans have more extra money than before. |
| D．Borrowing money has become a simple matter. |
| A．help more Americans to settle their debts |
| B．attract more customers |
| C．make better use of its money |
| D．encourage people to buy foreign cars |
| A．Limiting the use of credit cards. |
| B．Advising people on what to buy. |
| C．Teaching people how to manage money. |
| D．Reducing average incomes. |
| A．America should sell more of its products abroad. |
| B．Government should prevent people from over-borrowing. |
| C．People’s income determines their money management. |
| D．A healthy society has to learn to live within its means. |
【推荐2】A new study of older adults finds excessive daytime napping (小睡) may signal an increasing risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital report a relationship between daytime napping and cognitive (认知的) aging: excessive daytime napping predicts an increased future risk of Alzheimer’s, and a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s speeds up the increase in daytime napping during aging.
“Daytime sleep behaviors of older adults are often ignored, and a consensus (共识) for daytime napping in clinical practice and health care is still lacking,” said Peng Li of the Medical Biodynamics Program in Brigham’s Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders. “Our team calls for a closer attention to 24-hour sleep patterns — not only nighttime sleep but also daytime sleep — for tracking the health of older adults.”
Researchers at the Brigham recognized that all previous studies on Alzheimer’s disease assessed napping within a participant only once, most of which were subjective and questionnaire-based. In the new study, more than 1000 individuals, with an average age of 81, were provided Actical, a watch-like device, to wear on their wrist for up to 14 days. After napping episodes were identified, the nap duration and frequency were calculated.
The results suggest that excessive daytime napping may signal an increasing risk of Alzheimer’s, and that faster yearly increase in daytime napping may be a sign of worsening or unflavored clinical progression of the disease.
Researchers acknowledge that although the method of the new study has been widely used in sleep field studies, they recognize that polysomnography (多导睡眠记录仪) is the gold standard for sleep scoring. Moreover, the participants studied were older, and therefore, the findings may not be easily translated to younger people. In addition, future studies should test whether a direct intervention in daytime napping can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s or cognitive decline.
“We hope to draw more attention to daytime sleep patterns and the importance of patients noting if their sleep schedule changes over time,” said co-senior author Kun Hu of the Medical Biodynamics Program. “Sleep changes are critical in shaping the internal changes in the brain.”
1. What is the new study about?| A．Ways to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. |
| B．Causes of sleep disorders in older adults. |
| C．The symptoms of age-related cognitive decline. |
| D．The link between Alzheimer’s and daytime sleep. |
| A．Encouraging elders to get enough rest at night. |
| B．Investigating the health of elders with poor sleep. |
| C．Monitoring elders’ sleep patterns throughout the day. |
| D．Providing good health care for elders with Alzheimer’s. |
| A．Periods. | B．Incidents. | C．Experiences. | D．Series. |
| A．Advice on adjusting sleep patterns. |
| B．Limitations of the present research. |
| C．The potential value of the study findings. |
| D．Supporting evidence for the research results. |
In less than five months, you will go to different universities and lead a new life. In your new life, making new friends is a must. Then, how can you make new friends quickly?
Everybody knows friends come and go. You have friends for every time and season of your life from youth to old age. Sometimes people change their goal in life. Perhaps you’ve made a change yourself, such as a new job or moved to a new location.
In order to make friends, you must first be a friend. Consider joining groups and associations that are of interest to you.
Become good at something. You can do well in a sport, an instrument, writing, languages or whatever else you enjoy.
Share contact information with people you meet who seem interesting. Then invite them to do things with you.
| A．It could be as simple as drinking coffee together. |
| B．Always practice good manners. |
| C．You don’t have to be an expert, but at least good enough to help others with your skill. |
| D．Get to know your friends’ friends. |
| E．This may also change your circle of friends. |
| F．You are likely to find others who share things in common with you. |
| G．It is not necessary to be skillful in something. |
【推荐1】Have your parents ever told you any strange or alarming things about protecting your eyes? For example,they might have said that you'd go blind from reading in the dark, but you could make up for it by eating a lot of carrots. This is just one of the misunderstandings you may have heard of. Below are picked out scientific explanations for three mistakes that people often make about eyes. Let's take a look.
Can eating carrots improve your vision? If eating carrots helps us see better, why do so many students end up wearing glasses? Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which is essential for our eyes' general health. Vitamin A helps the eyes to make light into signals, allowing people to see in low light conditions. However, eating more carrots doesn’t help you see better. A certain minimum amount will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision or allow you to get rid of your glasses.
If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too? Parents are often concerned about the causes of nearsightedness (近视).Many people believe that if parents are shortsighted, their children will suffer from the same problems. Nearsightedness can be genetic (遗传的). A study by the American Optometric Association found that if both parents are nearsighted, there's a 33 to 60 percent chance that the child is. For children who have one parent with nearsightedness, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it's down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non-nearsighted parents. So no matter how bad your parents' vision is, you still have the chance of good eyesight.
Is it true that people who are color blind can't see colors? Color blindness doesn’t mean that someone can't see colors at all, like a black and white movie. Most commonly, it means that someone has difficulty telling certain colors apart, usually green and red or blue and yellow.
1. What is the purpose of this text?| A．To offer some advice. | B．To give some reasons. |
| C．To clear up some misunderstandings. | D．To provide some medical information. |
| A．Eating carrots has no benefits at all. |
| B．Eating more carrots won't ensure good eyesight. |
| C．Vitamin D is very important for your eyes’ health. |
| D．Eating more carrots helps you remove your glasses. |
| A．The people having bad eyesight can't see colors, either. |
| B．Nearsightedness can certainly be passed from parents to kids. |
| C．Non-nearsighted parents surely have kids with good eyesight. |
| D．The parents with nearsightedness can have kids with good eyesight. |
| A．A magazine. | B．A news report. | C．A novel. | D．A guidebook. |
【推荐2】Ola Orekunrin is the founder and managing director of the for-profit company, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., the first emergency(紧急情况) air ambulance(救护车) service in the country.
In Nigeria, where road conditions can be poor, and rural clinics are often unprepared to deal with major medical emergencies, Flying Doctors has become a lifesaver, airlifting patients from remote areas to hospitals, and providing care on the way.
London-born Orekunrin was inspired to set up the company after her 12-year-old sister died. When she was still in medical school in the U.K., her sister was on holiday in Nigeria and unexpectedly needed emergency treatment. The nearest clinic wasn't able to treat her. The family tried to find an air ambulance to move her to the hospital, but the quickest-available service was far away in South Africa. Her sister had died by the time a flight became available.
“I was filled with deep sadness and almost anger,” Orekunrin says. “I wanted to come to Nigeria and try to contribute in some way.”
After studying other models of emergency air ambulances in the U.K. and other parts of Africa, Orekunrin knew it would be the most effective way to help patients access the proper facilities in a large area that is often difficult to travel by car.
But getting Flying Doctors off the ground wasn't easy. Orekunrin began by renting aircraft as a way to keep costs down. She then established partnerships with hospitals across Africa and abroad and started her company nearly five years ago. The company now has 20 helicopters and jets and a staff that includes seven senior flight doctors.
Orekunrin has also worked toward improving medical care across Nigeria. Flying Doctors now provides scholarships for medical students and has established partnerships with rural non-governmental organizations, such as the Starlite Hopes Initiative, in Nigeria's Delta State, which offers care to the poor.
Orekunrin hopes to keep finding new ways to improve medical services in Nigeria. The young doctor knows there are challenges ahead, but as she's already shown, not even the sky is the limit.
1. What does Flying Doctors do?| A．It provides people with free care. | B．It transports patients quickly. |
| C．It improves clinics' services. | D．It helps to build roads. |
| A．her major | B．her sister's tragedy |
| C．the big profits it could make | D．the success of such services in the U. K. |
| A．the helicopters couldn't take off |
| B．the company didn't start smoothly |
| C．the doctors weren't used to working in the air |
| D．the nation wasn't ready for air ambulance services |
| A．Caring and determined. | B．Honest but bad-tempered. |
| C．Qualified and friendly. | D．Clever and single-minded. |
【推荐3】Our Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system(Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily. We’re going to show you how to use Dewey to find a book at any Library site.
Once you’ve searched for your item on Library Search, you’ll see something like this:
Globalization and education: critical perspectives  Nicholas C Burbules; Carlos Alberto Torres 2000; ISBN0415920485(hbk); ISBNO41520477(pbk); ISBN97804 15920483; ISBN9780415920476 ◆Available at Main Library Blue Area Floor 1(370. 193 B174) Find in Library Details Reviews and tags |
The part in the brackets is the bit we’re interested in. What do these numbers next to the book’s location mean? The numbers shown are a “shelfmark”. You’ll find one of these on every book in the Library—a lot of customers find this confusing at first but if you break down the information into three sections, it’s easier to understand.
1. The numbers in front of the decimal point indicate the subject area(in this case 370). Look for this number first.
2. Next, look for the number after the decimal point(in this case 193).
3. Now look for the letter(s)and number(s). Letters are usually the initial letter(s)of the author’s name(in this case, Burbules).
Sometimes, you will see extra letters before the shelfmark. This shows that a book is part of a collection within the Library. For example: M. E. 279. 32R29 is part of the Middle Eastern collection. Find the collection first, before looking for the number.
1. What can help us find a book at the Library site easily on Library Search?| A．Its title. | B．Its shelfmark. | C．Its publication time. | D．Its author’s name. |
| A．The book’s location area. | B．The name of a collection. |
| C．The author’s family name. | D．The shelf’s alphabetical order. |
| A．M. E. /279/32R/29 | B．M. /E. /279. 32/R29 |
| C．M. E. /279. 32/R/29 | D．M. E. /279/32/R29 |
