问题详情：
The world’s first completely paperless public library is located in Bexar County, Texas, in the United States.
Bexar County’s so-called Biblio Tech is a low-cost project with big ambitions. Its first branch is in a relatively poor district on the south side of the city of San Antonio. It has 100 e-readers on loan, and dozens of screens where the public are able to browse (浏览), study, and learn digital skills.
It is a truly bookless library — although that is not a phrase much to the liking of BiblioTech’s project co-ordinator, Laura Cole. She prefers the description “digital library”— after all, there are books there, but in digital form.
Christopher Platt, director of collections and circulation at the New York Public Library, argued that accessing a digital version of a book was not enough. “People travel from all over the world to our library, not just to access an item, but to touch it and feel it in order to get a sense of the overall importance of the work,” he said.
But “bookless” does not mean “cheap”. Publishers charge libraries up to five times the normal hardback(精装本) price for an e-book of a popular title, Christopher Platt said. And certain types of e-books simply do not work as well as printed books, especially when some library e-readers are still text-only. This was just one of many reasons, he felt, that bookless libraries would not be sweeping the board just yet.
Children’s author Alan Gibbons is a firm believer in the role of libraries, especially school libraries. Working in international schools in China and Thailand, Mr. Gibbons noted that even in the best schools where every child was given an iPad, the school library, stocked with real books, was seen as an important resource.
Christopher Platt at the New York Public Library has another view on the bookless future: “It’s still early. We’ve spent 100 years getting the print stuff right, so it could be a while before we get the e-stuff right.”
28. What can we learn about the paperless public library in Texas?
A. It was built in a rich district.
B. People can develop digital skills there.
C. It cost a large sum of money.
D. It’s the world’s biggest library.
29. By saying “bookless does not mean cheap”, Christopher Platt means that _________.
A. travelling to the library costs foreign readers a lot
B. e-readers are very expensive
C. readers must pay to read in the digital library
D. e-books are more expensive than printed ones
30. The underlined phrase “sweeping the board” in Paragraph 5 probably means _____.
A. fading out B. leaving quickly
C. becoming successful D. coming soon
31. Which of the following might Alan Gibbons agree with?
A. School libraries with printed books won’t disappear.
B. Asian children like printed books.
C. Asian children like electronic products.
D. Printed books in school libraries need improving.
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