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The multi-million pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.

Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

As digital media(媒介)is important to its idea, the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning: "The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively. "

The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an "enlarged reality" project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is the early stages of development. And The People's Archive is an online library of figures of the city being built up by a content company in Cahoots, in which users will be with the encouraged to add to and comment on the material. (www.yygrammar.com)

Gambles says: "Technology will enable us to make the library's and services open to citizens as never before. "

49. The underline part "its idea" in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of_________
A. the equipment B. the project
C. the digital media D. the physical library
50. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_________
A. get a general idea of the LoB
B. meet more world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project
51. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

A. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
52. This text is most probably taken from _________.
A. a computer book B. a library guide
C. a project handbook D. newspaper report

D
"Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particular good teacher. " You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at StanfordUniversity and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.

He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: "Experience is respected; experience is sought;experience is explained." The problem is that learning from experience involves(涉及) serious complications(复杂化), ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.

In one interesting part of the book,for example, he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. He says "The more accurately(精确的)reality is presented,the less understandable the story,and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is."(www.nmet168.com)

Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding. Don't pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.

53. according to the text, James March is _________.
A. a poet who uses experience in his writing
B. a teacher who teachers story writing in university
C. a researcher who studies the way humans think and act
D. a professor who helps organizations makes important decisions
54. according to James March, experience _________.
A. is overvalued B. is easy to explain
C. should be actively sought D. should be highly respected
55. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. Experience makes stories more accurate.
B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.
C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.
D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.
56. What's the purpose of this text?
A. To introduce a book. B. To describe a researcher.
C. To explain experiential learning. D. To discuss organizational decision making.

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