![]() Libraries in America today are changing, and not for the better. When I was young, going to the library was an adventure, a treat to be relished. Which of the following sentences from the passage directly support this conclusion? Select two that apply. Quiet, Please!" is that the increased use of computers and technology has resulted in the decline of an important American social and academic institution: the library. One of the most significant themes in "Ssshhh. Computers seem to be bringing about the demise of the library and a significant aspect of community life. Why drive to a library and stand in line at a counter, if they can sit at home and point and click? Sadly, funding for libraries seems to be the lowest priority in many city, county, and state budgets these days. In some cities, the library itself is becoming obsolete because people now conduct their research in labs and on the World Wide Web. The warmth is not the only thing that is vanishing. Essentially, the warmth of the library experience is vanishing. They just visit a cold machine that spews out the facts and the numbers, and the personal aspect of a library visit is gone. Though faster, these systems seem cold and impersonal because library patrons no longer rely on the friendly assistance of a librarian. Now these old-fashioned classification systems have been abandoned in most libraries for computerized search tools. In 1929, Susan Grey Akers published Simple Library Cataloging for small libraries. That same year, Dewey, along with Justin Winsor and William Frederick Poole, helped found the American Library Association in Philadelphia. In 1876, Melville Dewey published the Dewey Decimal Classification system. It was created initially for public school use, and public libraries were built near public schools to make it convenient for students to visit. Between 18, the public library institution was born. It was a place where people talked (quietly) and machines did not interfere with reading. The library was a quiet haven, with no cell phones, no computers, and no self-checkout stations. I would leave each week with a stack of books, go home and systematically devour them, and come back the next week for more. Quiet, Please!" When I was young, going to the library was an adventure, a treat to be relished. Quiet, Please!" Read the passage and answer the following question(s). The chimney sweepers were covered in layers of dark soot. The chimney sweepers fell ill because of their working conditions. The chimney sweepers felt stuck in their places in life. The chimney sweepers were imprisoned by their boss. The chimney sweepers had died and were buried in soil. What does the underlined phrase most likely suggest about the chimney sweepers? Select two options. Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black. Tho' the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm So if all do their duty they need not fear harm. And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark And got with our bags and our brushes to work. Then naked and white, all their bags left behind They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind And the Angel told Tom, if He'd be a good boy, 20 He'd have God for his father, and never want joy. And by came an Angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins and set them all free 15 Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run, And wash in a river, and shine in the sun. 5 There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shav'd: so I said, "Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet and that very night, 10As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight,- That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black. "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. "The Chimney Sweeper" Read the passage and answer the following question(s).
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