Question

【題目】 In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he discovered that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century.

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood.

Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. Every day, people throw away about 280 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 4800 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

【1】Who is Marco Polo?

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【2】When did Cai Lun invent paper ?

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【3】How many trees are people cutting every day?

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【4】Will we have enough time to grow more trees if we don’t save paper?

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【5】How can we save paper when we go shopping?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The famous Italian traveler

【2】almost 2000 years ago

【3】nearly 4800

【4】No

【5】When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags, If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later

【解析】

造紙術是中國古代四大發(fā)明之一，紙是我們日常生活中最常見的之一。我們都知道紙是用木頭制成的，如果我們浪費紙張，我們就要砍伐更多的樹木來造紙，這對我們的生態(tài)環(huán)境是非常不利的，因此在生活中我們要節(jié)約用紙。

【1】根據短文開頭In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China可知，Marco Polo是一個著名的意大利的旅行家，他在13世紀的時候來到了中國。由此可知答案為A famous Italian traveler.

【2】根據短文第二段A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago.可知，造紙是由蔡倫在大約2000多年前發(fā)明的。由此可知答案為Almost 2000 years ago.

【3】根據短文第三段Every day, people throw away about 280 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 4800 trees every day可知，人們每天扔掉280噸的紙，17棵樹可以生產一噸紙，也就是我們每天要砍伐4800棵樹。由此可知答案為Nearly 4800.

【4】根據短文第三段Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.可知，要花費十多年的時間才能讓一棵樹長大，所以如果我們不節(jié)約用紙，我們沒有足夠的時間種植更多的樹來代替造紙的樹木。由此可知答案是否定的。

【5】根據短文最后When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.可知，當我們去購物的時候，我們應少用紙袋。如果營業(yè)員給我們紙袋，我們應該保存好，以后再用。

這篇短文給我們介紹了造紙的歷史，并告訴我們浪費紙張就會砍伐更多的樹木，建議我們節(jié)約用紙。短文內容貼近學生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。題型是任務型閱讀，要求根據問題來回答問題，考查對文章的事實細節(jié)的理解，答案都可以直接在原文找到。做題時，應先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據題目所問鎖定文章相關信息作答。例如第3小題，根據短文第三段Every day, people throw away about 280 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 4800 trees every day可知，人們每天扔掉280噸的紙，17棵樹可以生產一噸紙，也就是我們每天要砍伐4800棵樹。由此可知答案為Nearly 4800.