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　　Passage 4

　　The University Library is one of the largest (S1) _________ libraries in the country, with a (S2) _______ of some two million volumes. There is an active collection for all subjects which are taught or researched at (S3) ___________ level in the University. The library also (S4) _________ as a national resource center in certain subject areas.

　　For (S5) __________ research in the humanities, and in the history of the social, natural and physical sciences, the University Library has (S6) ___________ impressive special collections of (S7) ___________ and rare primary materials, both manuscript and printed, which attract scholars from all over the world. (S8) ______________________________________________________.

　　The University Library is highly automated, and the benefits of this for readers are especially evident and a microcomputer cluster for free student use.(S9) ______________________________________________________. These include reference and enquiry services, individual and group training in the effective use of information technology and other sources, interlibrary loans, library publications, photocopying and other reprographic services, and binding and conservation.

　　(S10) ____________________________________________________________. There are separate libraries, administered by the Main Library, for fine arts, music, literature and early modern studies, education, law, chemical engineering. Electronic and electrical engineering, social sciences, and medicine �jand life sciences.

　　題解：

　　(S1) academic

　　(S2) bookstock

　　(S3) postgraduate

　　(S4) functions

　　(S5) advanced

　　(S6) particularly

　　(S7) unique

　　(S8) They are supplemented by the ready availability of microform copies of similar materials, the originals of which are held in other libraries or record offices.

　　(S9) In addition to providing access to its own collections of printed and other information formats, the University Library offers extensive support services.

　　(S10) The Main Library houses the principal collections and services for the humanities, social sciences, sciences and engineering.