Stories are shared in many ways.They are described in books and magazines.They are read around the campfire at night.They are randomly distributed （隨機(jī)分發(fā)） from stand-alone booths.But what else？
To revive （復(fù)興） literature in the end of fast news and smartphone addiction，Short Edition，a French publisher of short-form literature，has set up more than 30 story dispensers in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants，universities and government offices.
Francis Ford Coppola，the film director and winemaker，liked the idea so much that he invested in he company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco.Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be sitting them up，too .There is one on the campus at Penn State.A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach，F(xiàn)la And Sbort Edition plans to anounce more，including at the Los Angeles International Airport.
"Everything old is new again，" said Andrew Nurkin，the director of the Free Library of Philadelphia，which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. "We want people to be easily exposed to literature.We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity."
Here's bow a dispenser works：It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute，three minutes or five minutes.When a button is pushed，a short story is printed.The stories are free.They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100，000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Edition's judges，and transmitted over a mobile network.Offerings can be tailored to specific interests，like children's fiction or romance.Short Edition gets stories for it category by holding writing contests.
Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. "The idea is to make people happy，" said Kristan Leroy，director of Short Edition， "There is too much unhappiness today."
（1）What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers？ BB
A．They are all long novels.
B．They are short in form.
C．They can be read on smartphones.
D．They are taken from magazine literature.
（2）What is paragraph 3 mainly talking about？ BB
A．Why the story dispensers are popular in American.
B．How popular the story dispensers are in America.
C．The history of the story dispensers in America
D．Different ideas about the story dispensers in America.
（3）What is the main purpose of setting up the dispenses according to Andrew Nurkin？ CC
A．To get rid of people's smartphone addiction.
B．To reduce the financial stress of libraries.
C．To make people have access to literature.
D．To advertise the network literature.
（4）What is the best title for the text？ DD
A．Online Reading：a Virtual Tour.
B．Short- form Literature.
C．Everything Old Will Be Popular Again.
D．Taste of Literature，at the Push of a Button.
【考點(diǎn)】文化；細(xì)節(jié)理解．
【答案】B；B；C；D
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