IELTS Reading matching information: cách làm bài, kèm câu hỏi luyện tập

A Library for Everyone A In the early nineteenth century, a new book could cost as much as a labourer earned in a week. Working people who wanted to read usually had to join a subscription library, paying an annual fee that many could not afford, or rely on the few volumes owned by their church. B In the 1860s, a wealthy mill owner offered the town enough money to establish a library that anyone could use without charge. A disused chapel was converted for the purpose, and its reading room, stocked with daily newspapers, was soon crowded with workers who came in during their lunch hour. C Not everyone welcomed the gift. Several members of the town council argued that running costs would have to be paid from local taxes, which they wanted to keep low. Others worried that easy access to novels would distract workers from more serious reading. D Borrowing was strictly controlled at first. A reader had to obtain the signature of a local householder, who promised to pay for any book that was lost. Children under fourteen were not allowed to borrow, and readers could not browse: they chose a title from a printed catalogue and waited while a librarian fetched it. E Over the following decades, these rules were gradually relaxed. Shelves were opened to the public so that readers could look through the books themselves, a separate room was set aside for children, and the number of loans each year rose many times over.

The answer is Paragraph C. Council members argued that 'running costs would have to be paid from local taxes'.

1. Incorrect. A mentions the price of books and subscription fees, but these are not objections to the library.
2. Incorrect. Paragraph B describes the gift that created the free library and its busy reading room; it contains no objection about cost.
3. Correct. Council members argued that 'running costs would have to be paid from local taxes'.
4. Incorrect. Paragraph D describes the strict early borrowing rules; it contains no objection about cost.
5. Incorrect. Paragraph E describes how the rules were relaxed and use increased; it contains no objection about cost.

Mẹo: 'Objection' = 'argued that... which they wanted to keep low'. A cost mentioned as a fact is different from a cost used as an argument.