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Smarter libraries deliver greater knowledge
　　How long does it take a reader to get a book after placing an order in a library of over 8 million? The answer from a new library in the east of Beijing is less than 15 minutes.
　　
Beijing Library has become a popular place since it opened in December last year. It received over 80,000 visits during the three - day New Year holiday. Book lovers are attracted not only by the library’s building design, which looks like a reading space under big ginkgo trees, but also by its huge collection of books and smart services.
　　
Covering some 75,000 m², Beijing Library houses over 8 million books. The towering stacks(书库) on the library's basement floor help its large amount of books. They are part of the largest single automated storage and retrieval system(自动化仓库), also known as AS/RS, for books in
China.
　　The stacks have a total storage area of less than 3,000 m², yet they can store over 7 million books because of their special design. In addition to the stacks, the smart system includes various types of smart equipment like robots, which enable book delivery.
　　The AS/RS works like the smart brain of the library, enabling highly efficient services. Beijing Library is not alone in using AS/RS. The Suzhou No.2 Library, which opened in late 2019, was the first
Chinese library to use it.
　　“Because more local governments place enriching cultural life high on their work list, we are seeing more public libraries introduce the AS/RS,” says Shi Qi, manager of the AS/RS business unit.
　　To make borrowing books easier, visitors to Beijing Library can sign up for a borrowing service with facial recognition and other technologies. A digital guide at the library's entrance also offers interactions with visitors if needed.
Readers who don't want to travel to the library can use the online borrowing service, which will deliver the book to their doorstep. The library's online borrowing service is open to readers not only in
Beijing but also in neighboring Tianjin and Hebei province.
　　“It's quite a refreshing experience to visit the library,” says a middle school student. “The books here enrich your mind, and some of the smart services here can blow your mind.”
1.When did Beijing Library open?
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2.How many books does Beijing Library house?
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3.According to Shi Qi, why are we seeing more public libraries introduce the AS/RS?
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4.Would you like to borrow books from Beijing Library? Why or why not? (Please give at least two reasons.)
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答案： 1.In December last year.
2.Over 8 million.
3.Because more local governments place enriching cultural life high on their work list.
4.Yes. Because I can sign up for a borrowing service with facial recognition and other technologies, which makes borrowing books much easier. What’s more, I can use the online borrowing service, which will deliver the book to my doorstep.(开放性试题,言之有理即可。)