Question

【題目】 Paper was first made in the year 105. It was made by a Chinese named Cai Lun.

People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600. As years went by， people in other places began to make paper.

The lead(鉛) pencil is not made of lead. It is made of graphite(石墨). People found graphite in 1564. They thought it was a kind of lead. Today we still call pencils “l(fā)ead pencils”. The first pencils were made by putting strings(線) around sticks of graphite.

The first wooden pencils were made by Kasper Faber from Germany in 1761.

Erasers like those we use today were first made in France by a man named Magellan in 1752. It was Hyman L. Lipman who first put eraser on the ends of pencils. And that is how the pencils come to be.

【1】How many years earlier was paper made in China than in Japan?

A. About 100 years.

B. About 400 years.

C. More than 500 years.

D. 495 years.

【2】Germans made paper____________.

A. earlier than Japan

B. later than Japan

C. as early as Japan

D. as late as Japan

【3】At first pencils were made of __________.

A. wood B. Lead C. sticks D. string and graphite

【4】Kasper Faber was ___________.

A. an Englishman B. a Frenchman

C. a German D. an American

【5】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Paper was first made in China.

B. Graphite isn’t a kind of lead.

C. The first wooden pencils were made in Germany.

D. Hyman L. Lipman made the first erasers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了我們?nèi)粘Ｊ褂玫奈木�，紙，鉛筆，橡皮的發(fā)明時(shí)間和發(fā)明者。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Paper was first made in the year 105. 及 People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600.故選D。

【2】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600. As years went by， people in other places began to make paper.可知其他國家比中國和日本晚，故選B。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The first pencils were made by putting strings(線) around sticks of graphite.

故選D。

【4】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The first wooden pencils were made by Kasper Faber from Germany in 1761.故選C。

【5】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Erasers like those we use today were first made in France by a man named Magellan in 1752.故選D。