Ⅱ.阅读理解【人物传记类】

　　Back in the day,the local library in Athens had an eight-book checkout limit.But there were exceptions.And young John Wood was one of them.In order not to prevent his hungry reading habit,the library increased his limit to 12 and John went on his merry way,gobbling up books the way most children do candy.

　　It抯 little wonder that today this successful social businessman likes nothing more than an airplane flight.It offers the ideal chance for a good read.t

　　Mr.Wood gets lots of flying reading time these days as the founder of Room to Read,a nonprofit program that has spent the past decade building children’s libraries and promoting literacy and education in some of the world’s poorest regions.

　　Despite his love for books,there is nothing bookish about Wood.As a distance runner with a fondness for the outdoors,Wood was on a self-guided trek (长途艰苦旅行)across Nepal in 1998 when his future changed from the more usual path he had forged as a Microsoft marketing executive.

　　On the first day of the 21-day trek,Wood had a chance to meet with a local education official.As they chatted at a teahouse,the official gave him an invitation to visit a local school.Off they went the next morning.

　　While Wood was touched by the lack of the school抯 resources,he was positively heartbroken by what passed for its library: The ragged collection of used books was kept under lock and key,so precious to the school were its contents.a

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