10A Unit 7 FITG - ESL CNCN

The most famous library of all time was (0) ........... by Alexander the Great over 2,300 years ago, in Alexandria.

• originated

• founded

• instituted

• based

It was (1)............ at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, and was the perfect location for a centre of learning.

• situated

• stationed

• installed

• inserted

The library was (2)................ to have around 700,000 books, and at the time people thought it contained 'all the knowledge in the world'.

• stated

• told

• said

• spoken

Copies of these books were (3)................... there, and these were then distributed around countries in the ancient world.

• got

• made

• formed

• achieved

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.

• broken

• injured

• destroyed

• hurt

Now a new, modern library has been built in Alexandria, at the (5)................. of £120m.

• price

• cost

• worth

• charge

It has a vast reading area seating 2,000 people, and (6)............ in the library for eight million books.

• room

• place

• volume

• extent

The (7)............... of the building is spectacular, with amazing use of light and space.

• model

• creation

• design

• invention

This means that it can (8).................

light from the sun into the museum.

• show

• mirror

• reflect

• demonstrate

People in Alexandria (10)................. that the library will once again be a place where scholars from all over the world will come to study and (11)............ research

• hope / do

• wish / follow

• want / have

• aim / accept