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Jose Alberto Gutierrez's life would never be the same again after finding a copy of AnnaKarenina by Leo Tolstoy in the trash 20 years ago£®It happened while he was driving his garbage truck through wealthier neighbourhoods at night and seeing books that were thrown away£®It lit his desire to start rescuing books from the trash£®He used to take home between 50 and 60 books every morning after his nine­hour shift that ran from 9 p£®m£®to 6 a£®m£®Eventually, he turned his book collection into a community library for children from low­income families£®

Colombia's capital city of Bogota has 13 million residents and 19 public libraries£®However, these libraries tend to be far away from where rural and poorer communities live£®The option of buying new books is non­existent for families struggling to make ends meet£®Gutierrez's library is true representation of how one man's trash can be another's treasure£®Having access to a library of books and being taken away instantly to another world while absorbed in a book is a luxury for the kids£®“I think we are simply a bridge between people who have books and those who don't have anything£¬”he said humbly about his remarkable attempt£®

Gutierrez grew up poor, and his family could not afford to educate him beyond primary school£®Nevertheless, his mother was an eager reader and read stories to him every night£®Her love for books left a deep impression on Gutierrez, who never let a lack of formal education stop him from reading classics£®He once said, “There's nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car£®”

Today, his library, titled “The Strength of Words”£¬ occupies most of his home, and is piled from floor to ceiling with fiction and non­fiction titles£®He has also roped in his family to expand this mission£®Mrs Gutierrez, for example, selects and repairs the books her husband finds£®

As word began to spread about his amazing project, fifty­six­year­old Gutierrez earned himself the nickname “Lord of the Books”£®In spite of all this, Gutierrez is not yet content to call it a day£®He continues to search bins for reading material£®

1£®What is Gutierrez by occupation?

A£®A public librarian£®

B£®A professional driver£®

C£®A trash collector£®

D£®A shift worker in a plant£®

2£®What is a luxury for the kids in Gutierrez's community?

A£®Enjoying pleasure from reading£®

B£®Having their own real library£®

C£®The distance from public libraries£®

D£®The choices of buying new books£®

3£®What really motivated Gutierrez to start his library for underprivileged children?

A£®An assignment to rescue rejected books£®

B£®A passion for reading since childhood£®

C£®A pity on the underprivileged£®

D£®A desire to make a difference£®

4£®What is the best title of the passage?

A£®Lord of the Books

B£®From Trash to Treasure

C£®The Strength of Words

D£®A Bridge between People