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Top three beautiful bookstores in the world:
• City Lights
City Lights, an independent bookstore-publisher combination (联合) specializing in world literature, the arts and polities, is still one of the world’s greatest bookshops since its establishment by the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. It became well-known for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s important poem Howl and other poems. Having been a gathering place for American literary icons (偶像), like Jack Kerouae and Allen Ginsberg, this “Literary Landmark” attracts booklovers from across the country and around the world to browse (浏览) and read.
• Shakespeare & Company
Originally established in 1919 by Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare Company is a combination of a bookstore and a reading library, specializing in English-language literature. In the 1920s, the store was a meeting point for literary icons such as Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, William S. Burroughs, James Joyce and Ford Madox Ford. Located in the 5th Arrondissement, in Paris’s Left Bank, the current store was opened in 1951, named after and in honor of the earlier store that closed during World War Ⅱ.
• Selexyz Bookstore
The 800-year-old Dominican church in Maastricht has been turned into one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world — Selexyz Bookstore. The store keeps the character and charm of the old church. It houses the largest stock of books in English in the city. Reading here is a religious experience. It is a bookshop made in heaven.
1．Shakespeare Company is located in .
A．Maastricht B．Paris C．London D．Berlin
2．What is the special feature about Selexyz Bookstore?
A．It became well-known because of a poem.
B．It was closed during World War Ⅱ.
C．It keeps the character of the old church.
D．It specializes in travel books.
3．Where does this passage probably come from?
A．A travel magazine. B．A newspaper. C．A novel. D．A science report.
