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We’ve been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has finally arrived, first appearing on college campuses. At Dre

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问题     We’ve been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has finally arrived, first appearing on college campuses. At Drexel University’s new Library Learning Terrace, which opened just last month, there is not a bound【C1】________, just rows of computers and plenty of seating offering【C2】________to the Philadelphia university’s 170 million【C3】________items. Scott Erdy, designer of the new library, says open,【C4】________space allows student and staff "knowledge transfer," a concept【C5】________by Danuta Nitecki, dean of Drexel’s libraries. "We don’t【C6】________house books, we house learning," she says.
    The trend began, naturally,【C7】________engineers, when Kansas State University’s engineering library went primarily bookless several years ago. Last year, Stanford University【C8】________all but 10,000 printed books from its new engineering library, making more room【C9】________large tables and study areas. And the University of Texas abandoned print【C10】________electronic material when it opened its engineering library last year. But when books disappear, does a library lose its【C11】________?
    "The library is a social tent pole," says Michael Connelly, a best-selling author. "There are a lot of ideas under it.【C12】________the pole and the tent comes down." Connelly says that browsing through【C13】________books brings inspiration of the kind that led him from【C14】________his campus library’s stacks straight to a writing【C15】________. "Can something like that happen in a bookless library? I’m not so sure," he says.
    From a design perspective, some architects also【C16】________the inevitable trend toward booklessness. Steven Holl, architect of Queens Library’s new branch, in New York City, says books still provide character and are a nice counterpoint to technology. " A book【C17】________knowledge, and striking a balance in a library is a good thing." He says.【C18】________other designers, seem inspired by the challenge presented by a world going bookless. Others are hedging their bets that【C19】________the library isn’t bookless now, someday it probably will be. To most people,  it is  best  when paper  and  electronic【C20】________are both available.
【C2】
选项 A、shortcut
B、access
C、solution
D、exit
答案B
解析 句中提到“无纸化图书馆里没有书，只有电脑和座位”，空格后的to指向的对象是items，而电脑和座位是为查阅图书而提供的设施，故B项access“通道；使用权”最符合句意。电脑和座位只是为人们使用费城大学的海量电子图书提供了途径，显然无法提供“近路”，而“捷径”指的是更容易成功的方法，这里的电脑和座位也称不上方法，所以排除A项shortcut“近路；捷径”。C项solution“解决方案”与to连接，后面通常接的是难题或困境，而文中to后面接的是items，此处指单册图书。D项exit通常指的是建筑物或公路的“出口，通道”，用在这里显然不合适。
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