Question

In the 13th century(世紀), the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China.During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century(世紀).

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented(發明) paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book. Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting（浪費）so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons(噸) of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 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 can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant gives us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect(保護) trees. But we should do it now , before it is too late.

1.When he was in China, Marco Polo_________.

A. discovered Cai Lun invented paper B. learned to make paper

C. saw many wonderful things D. read a lot of books

2.People in western countries first used paper money in the______ century.

A. 17th B. 15th C. 13th D. 7th

3.About _____ tons of paper is thrown away every day in our city.

A. 1,700 B. 2,000 C. 2,800 D. 48,000

4.Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A. To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B. To use the paper bags from shops more than once.

C. To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D. To grow more trees.

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Saving Paper B. The History of Paper

C. Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again D. Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題解析：本文大意：馬可.波辦是13世界著名的意大利旅行家。他在中國期間，看到許多奇妙的東西，在西方，人們直到15世紀才用紙幣，但中國人在七世紀開始用紙幣。

一個名叫蔡倫的中國人大約2000年前發明了紙，用木頭造紙。如果我們持續浪費紙，地球上不會再有樹。沒有樹，就不會有紙。在我們的城市，人們每天扔掉約2800噸的紙。那么我們如何節約紙張？ 我們能用每張紙的雙面，如果店員給我們一個紙袋，我們能省下來，以后再用一次，我也們也可用棉手帕，不用紙巾。

1.1】細節理解題。根據During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things.他在中國期間，看到許多奇妙的東西，可知答案選C

2.2】細節理解題。根據 In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. 在西方，人們直到15世紀才用紙幣，可知答案選B

3.3】細節理解題。根據 Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons(噸) of paper in our city. 在我們的城市，人們每天扔掉約2800噸的紙，可知答案選C

4.4】細節理解題。根據 We can use both sides of every piece of paper, If the shop assistant gives us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it laterWe can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones.我們能用每張紙的雙面，如果店員給我們一個紙袋，我們能省下來，以后再用一次，我也們也可用棉手帕，不用紙巾，可知答案選D

5.5】標題歸納題。根據So how can we save paper?那么我們如何節約紙張？ 可知答案選A

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