One hundred new
bookstalls that will sell newspapers as well as books have been making their debut on city streets since Saturday morning.
The newsstands are part of the city’s efforts to improve the appearance of streets and neighborhoods. The news-stands’ design, featuring large glass window, will help the customers to see what is on sale at a glance.
An electrical screen on the newsstands will announce immediately the arrival of the latest papers. The newsstands will also help collect utility fees. There will be 1,000 newsstands by the end of the year. The newly formed Oriental Books and Papers Service Co. Ltd will manage the stalls. According to sources from the company, over 80 percent of the people hired to operate the stands will be recruited from laid-off workers. This means the project will help ease the city’s unemployment pressure, sources said.
All recruited will undergo a training pr
ogramme and be clad in green uniform. Municipal Vice-part Secretary Gong Xueping said the installation of the 100 stands was just the first step towards the objective of setting up 1,000 stands in the city by the end of the year.
He said the creation of the stalls would be of particular significance to the enhancement of the city’s spiritual civilization. He also made some suggestions regarding the location, design, and construction of the new stands, and the renovation of the existing newsstands.
57. One hundred new bookstalls are set up to _______ .
A. classify the bookstores
B. beautify the streets and neighborhood
C. enrich people’s minds with knowledge
D. increase people’s purchasing power
58.The newsstands are made of large glass windows to ______ .
A. beautify the streets
B. differ from other shops
C. let the customers browse through what they want
D. reduce the expenses of the construction
59.Which sentence is not true?
The newsstands also help gather together other public service charges
The newsstands will make known the arrival of the current issue of paper.
These kinds of newsstands will widely set up.
The newsstands just sell newspapers and magazines.
60.What is the other purpose of building these newsstands? Give the laid—off workers a chance
to _______.
A. make a living B. take up hobbies
C. ease their pressure D. enrich their minds
