Now read the text carefully and decide which answer
(A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
A FAMOUS LIBRARY
B
The most famous library of all time was (0) .......... by Alexander the
Great over 2,300 years ago, in Alexandria. It was (1)
... at the
crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, and was the perfect location for a
..... to have around 700,000
centre of learning. The library was (2)
books, and at the time people thought it contained 'all the knowledge in
the world'. Copies of these books were (3) ........ there, and these were
then distributed around countries in the ancient world. But then the library
was (4)... by fire. Thousands of works of philosophy, science and
literature were lost, and it took centuries to recover them.
Now a new, modern library has been built in Alexandria, at a (5) ....
of £120m. It has a vast reading area seating 2,000 people, and (6)
in the library for eight million books. The (7) ............ of the building is
spectacular, with amazing use of light and space. There is a huge circular
roof which slopes at a special angle. This means that it can (8)
light from the sun into the museum. (9) ............ of sunlight shine through
green and blue glass onto the desks and bookshelves below, and letters
from every known alphabet are carved on the walls. People in Alexandri
(10) that the library will once again be a (11)
............ where
scholars from all over the world come to study and (12)............ researc