The National Library of Iceland is a reference library, which means books and other items in our collections cannot be browsed or borrowed, and must be ordered for consulation(查阅) in our reading rooms. The map below shows the location of the National Library. If you want to know more about our library, you can click on the link www. Nli.ie.
Opening Hours
Location | Hours |
Main & Manuscripts Reading Room, Kildare Street | Mon---Wed: 9:30am---7:45pm Thurs & Fri: 9:30am---4:45pm Saturday: 9:30am---12:45pm |
Kildare Street Exhibitions | Mon---Wed: 9:30 am---7:45 pm Thurs & Fri: 9:30am---4:45 pm Saturday: 9:30 am-4:45 pm Sunday: 1---4:45 pm |
National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar, Reading Room(appointment only) | Tues &Weds: 10 am---1 pm Thurs: 10 am---1 pm and 2:30---4 pm |
NPA Exhibitions | Mon---Sat: 10 am---5 pm Sunday: 12-5 pm |
Readers’ Tickets
Anyone over 16 years of age who wishes to use NLI collections may apply for a readers’ ticket. A reader’s ticket is valid(有效的) for three years and give readers access to all our collections. You must bring your ticket with you when using the reading rooms. A reader’s ticket is not required to access newspapers or other items on microfilm(微缩胶片)。
What you should bring
All applicants must produce a form of photographic identification, such as a passport, driver’s license, student card and so on.
Applying for a reader’s ticket and using the Reading Rooms
You can apply for your ticket in our Main Reading Room. It only takes a few minutes to process an application and issue a ticket. You will need to complete an online registration form. We will then check your identification, take your photograph and provide you with a reader’s ticket.
Renewing your reader’s ticket
Please bring your most recent reader’s ticket with you when renewing your ticket. If the expiry date(有效期) is greater than 12 months, you will also need to produce a form of photographic identification.
1.The National Library of Iceland is located on ____________.
A. Nassau Street B. Kildare Street
C. Dawson Street D. Dame Street
2.At which time can you visit the Main & Manuscripts Reading Room of the National Library?
A. At 6:45 pm on Thursday. B. At 10 am on Sunday.
C. At 9 am on Saturday. D. At 5 pm on Monday.
3.You must ________ when applying for a reader’s ticket.
①take a photo of yourself ②have valid identity documents
③be older than 16 years old ④fill in a paper registration form
A. ②③ B. ①③④
C. ③④ D. ①②④
4.Which of the following about the National Library is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. It is not a lending library.
B. Reader’s tickets are valid for use in its reading rooms
C. There is no need to renew reader’s tickets after they expire.
D. Certain categories of material can only be viewed by appointment.
5.The passage is probably taken from a(n) _____________.
A. website B. magazine
C. newspaper D. advertisement
Cell phones are so cheap that almost all people can afford it. _____ you go, you can see people holding cell phones doing different things. Our life style has changed greatly _____ of the widespread of mobile phones.
Mobile phones change _____ way we contact others. In the past, we contacted our families, relatives and friends by writing letters _____ just going to a certain area to make a phone call. Now, if we want to contact them, all we need to do is to take out our cell phone, dial the number and then we can reach _____ in a minute.
With a cell phone, we _____ take photos and locate ourselves easily. All cell phones have a camera function. We can take photos anywhere we want and do _____ need to take our camera. Besides, _____ we are lost, we can use a cell phone to locate ourselves and find the right direction.
On this Christmas Day I had the wonderful opportunity to see the true spirit of Christmas.
My big family always ____ presents together at the start of the New Year and have done so in this way for more than 40 years. Since the beginning, my grandfather and grandmother have ____ their children and cousins on this day in their small farmhouse.
With 13 ____ and uncles and more than 30 cousins in this group, there were usually more than 50 people in the room to exchange gifts. Because of the activity, the flying wrapping paper, so many people and the limited space of a 65-year-old farmhouse living room, most of the individual moments went ____.
My nephew, Jack (9 year old), who was walking by my 5-year-old cousin, Seth, in the Christmas chaos, noticed that Seth was crying. Jack ____ to ask him what was wrong and why he was crying. Seth ____ that he didn’t receive any toys!
Almost without _____, Jack looked down to the only two toys he had received, and _____ Seth with his best toy! He said, “Here, you can have this one. I don’t have to have it. I have other toys I can play with at home.”
Tears were welling up in my eyes! I was moved by this huge act of _____. I was so _____ of my nephew and what he had done when he thought no one else was looking.
I gave him a huge _____ and told him that he had demonstrated(演示) the true _____ of Christmas!
1.A. choose B. exchangeC. return D. borrow
2.A. entertainedB. celebrated C. praised D. advertised
3.A. leadersB. guides C. aunts D. partners
4.A. undoubted B. unnoticed C. unfinished D. unchanged
5.A. changed B. forgot C. stepped D. stopped
6.A. reacted B. respondedC. applauded D. disturbed
7.A. smile B. gesture C. happiness D. thought
8.A. introducedB. producedC. described D. presented
9.A. kindness B. honesty C. courage D. strength
10.A. aware B. proud C. certain D. ashamed
11.A. duty B. pain C. hug D. pity
12.A. meaning B. feeling C. ending D. greeting
Is _______ three hours _______ the poor boy to come to school on foot?
A. it; that it takesB. there; that it takes
C. there; when D. it; that
No. 1 Middle School of Anxiang is the very place ______ Song Zhenyu, the Provincial science top of Hunan in 2014, was studying.
A. thatB. which
C. whereD. from which
Try to spend your time just on the things you find _______.
A. worth doing themB. worth being done
C. worthy of ding themD. worthy of being done
