Twelve-year-oldLeonardowasborninapoorfamilyinBambamarcainPeru.Heknewhowtoreadbuthehadneverseenabookinhislife.Soheaskedthenewpriest(牧师)inhisvillagetogivehimone.Buttherewasnoelectricity.SoLeonardoborrowedcandlesfromthechurchandsatupallnightreadingit.Thenextmorninghewasatthedoorofthepriestaskingforanotherbooktoread.
JohnMedcalfthepriest,wasmoved.Healsorealisedthatpeoplewouldlovetoreadifgivenachance.ButheknewhowdifficultitwasforLeonardoandthoseinhisvillagetogetbooks.Andyetnoonecanbetaughttoreadandwritewithoutbooks.Tomakepeopleinapoorfarawayareagrowtolovebookstheyhavetobewiththem.Sohethoughttheonlywaywastobringbookstopeople.
Buthowcouldthisbedone?MobilelibrariesorcarlibrarieswouldbetooexpensiveanddifficulttocontinueintherockyhillylandofPeru.Sowhatothermethodcouldbeused?
Medcalfgotanewideafromthebarefoot(赤脚)doctorsofChina.Andthatwashowthebarefootlibrarians(图书管理员)firstappearedinthevillagesofnorthernPerualmostthirtyyearsago.
Thelibrariansbeganbygoingfromvillagetovillagelendingbookstovillagers.TheyhelpedstartThe12ura1LibraryNetworkofPeru.
Atfirsttheywereteachersofthevillageschoolswhichthesefarawaylibrariesbelongedto.Buttheteacherswerenotveryinterestedinthejobbecauseitmeantalotofhardwork.Sovillageleaderstookonthejobthemselves.
Todaythereare600villagelibrariesacrossPeru.Thebarefootlibrarianswhowalkupto15hoursadaywithbagsofbooksaretheirlifeline.
21.ThefirstparagraphtellsusthatLeonardo________.
A.enjoyedreadingbooks B.boughtcandlesfromothers
C.hadalotofbooks D.livedinthechurch
22.Theunderlinedword"this"inParagraph3probablyrefersto________.
A.togrowtolovebooks B.tobuildanewlibrary
C.toreadandwrite D.tobringbookstopeople
23.Thepassagedoesn'tmention________.
Awhenthebarefootlibrariansappeared
B.whereMedcalfmetChinesedoctors