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【題目】 In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveler, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. However the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.

Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance (平衡) between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

根據短文內容選擇最佳答案。

【1】The underlined word “insulated” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A.使隔離B.使絕緣C.使隔音

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Every day, people throw away about 280 tons in our city.

B.The Chinese began to use paper money in the 7th century.

C.Paragraph 5 mainly talks about how we can make useful things.

【3】In Finland, paper is used for________.

A.making beds

B.producing newspapers, magazines and books

C.keeping warm

【4】Canada became an important country in paper making because________.

A.it was a large country.B.it had lots of forests.C.it was a very rich country

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Information of paper.B.Ways of wasting paper.C.History of making paper.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

本文講述了一些關于紙的信息。紙是大約2000年前由一個叫蔡倫的中國人發(fā)明的，加拿大、瑞典、美國、芬蘭成為造紙業(yè)最重要的國家。紙可以有多種用途。常用的有報紙、雜志和書籍，還可以保暖和隔熱。因為紙現在仍然來自樹木，所以人們必須從現在開始節(jié)約紙張。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”可知在芬蘭，農民們穿著紙靴子，以保持他們的腳在雪地里的溫暖，可推測出此處是“房子也可以用紙來隔熱”，所以該單詞意思是“使隔熱/絕緣”，故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據“ Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. ”可知每天人們扔掉大約2800噸紙，與選項A內容不一致，所以選項A錯誤；根據“However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.”可知中國人在7世紀開始使用它，與選項B內容一致，所以選項B正確；根據“So we must start saving paper right now.”可知我們必須從現在開始節(jié)約紙張，與選項C內容不一致，所以選項C錯誤；故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”可知在芬蘭，農民們穿著紙靴子，以保持他們的腳在雪地里的溫暖，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據“ After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.”可知加拿大是森林資源豐富的國家，因此是造紙的重要國家。故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。根據第一段是紙的歷史，第二段是哪些國家是造紙大國，第三段是紙的用途，第四段是紙的來源，第五段是呼吁人們節(jié)約紙張，所以本文的主旨大意是紙的信息。其他選項比較片面，故選A。