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28. It can be implied from the passage that ... .

A) national libraries only exist in developed countries

B) every country must have a national library

C) developed countries have had national libraries for longer than developing ones

D) by the nineteenth century most developing countries had established national libraries

29. According to the passage, in the 19th century, there were hardly any ... .

A) developing countries that hadn’t established a national library

B) libraries in the developing countries owning books published in other countries

C) European countries without a national library

D) libraries having the finest collection of world literature

30. The author mentions that a national library in a developing country ought to ... .

A) contain foreign scholarly works as well as the country’s written works

B) try to be better than a similar library in a developed country

C) develop a concept that has existed for a longer time in developed countries

D) establish guidelines for the national literature

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