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Of all the cuts to public services, few have provoked such loud protests as proposals to close libraries. Petitions and curses h

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问题     Of all the cuts to public services, few have provoked such loud protests as proposals to close libraries. Petitions and curses have been followed by legal challenges. On November 16th a judge in London ruled against plans to close 21 libraries in Gloucestershire and Somerset. Campaigners in Brent, in north-west London, have taken their fight against closures to the Court of Appeal.
    Local politicians are startled. Keith Mitchell, leader of Oxfordshire county council, which was forced by public pressure to abandon plans to close many libraries, complained that protesters seemed much less upset by cuts to social care and rubbish collection. Visits to libraries have declined by 6. 7% in the past five years, according to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy(CIPFA). But this is to underestimate the symbolic role libraries play as a visible public good. A 2010 poll found that 69% of people had been to a library in the past year. More than 80% view libraries as "essential" or "very important".
    Yet savings have to be made somewhere. If library closures cause protests, cuts must be done stealthily. In the 2010-11 fiscal year libraries acquired 7. 4% fewer adult fiction books and 13. 7% fewer non-fiction books than they had the year before. An older, less appealing stock could speed the decline in library visits.
    Yet hard times are also forcing innovations that may help libraries in the long run. In a quiet success for David Cameron’s "Big Society" , the number of volunteer librarians has risen from 12,708 to 21,642 in the past five years. That trend has its critics, especially among professional librarians. But staff account for at least half the cost of running a library. Other savings could probably be made by consolidating England’s 151 library authorities, and by making better use of technology. "London has 32 library authorities but just one police authority," marvels Desmond Clarke, a library campaigner.
    An entirely different option is to pour money into a single edifice in the hope that it will have a benign effect on the neighborhood. England’s most popular library is the Norfolk & Norwich Millennium, a multi-storey space in a sparkling new building with a restaurant and gallery, which lured nearly 1. 5m people last year. As the anchor of the development, the library attracts users who then linger and spend money nearby. Birmingham is building a new ￡ 188.8m library, the flagship of a development in the city centre that is due to open in 2013. Many of the city’s other 39 libraries could face cuts in service, including shorter opening hours and fewer staff. Libraries are not dead—just a little dusty.
By saying that "London has 32 library authorities but just one police authority," Desmond Clarke means that______.
选项 A、the management of London’s police system is less professional than that of London’s library system
B、the supervision system of London’s libraries is more complete than that of London’s police system
C、the organizational structure of London’s libraries is more complicated than it is necessary
D、the organizational structure of London’s libraries is superior to that of London’s police system
答案C
解析 作者在第四段中提到英国图书馆应该运用技术更好地整合全英151个图书馆。接着就提到了德斯蒙德·克拉克的这句话，因此他想要表达的意思是现在的图书馆管理单位过多，没有必要，应该通过适当的方式，将这些管理单位整合。既然警察总署只需要一个，那为什么要那么多图书馆管理单位呢?因此正确答案应该选[C]。
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