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  3. The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of bo

The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of bo

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问题     The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications as well as letters of【B1】______ interest It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and【B2】______ instruments. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.
    The Library of Congress【B3】______ the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collectioa But no one is【B4】______to take books out of the building.
    The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It【B5】______ eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was【B6】______ during America’s war with Britain.
    To help【B7】______ the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jef- fersoa Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.
    In 1897, the library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol. Today, three buildings hold the library’s collection.
    The library【B8】______ books and materials to the US Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government【B9】______ and foreign libraries. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. Anyone who wants copyright【B10】______ for a publication in the US must send two copies to the library. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States. [br] 【B6】
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答案 burned down
解析 根据空格前的be动词was和前面的were all destroyed可推断此处极有可能与之语义相近，也为动词的被动语态。burn down“烧毁”。
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