Question

    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.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

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

A.使隔离 B.使绝缘 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.B

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

本文讲述了一些关于纸的信息。纸是大约2000年前由一个叫蔡伦的中国人发明的，加拿大、瑞典、美国、芬兰成为造纸业最重要的国家。纸可以有多种用途。常用的有报纸、杂志和书籍，还可以保暖和隔热。因为纸现在仍然来自树木，所以人们必须从现在开始节约纸张。

1.词义猜测题。根据“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”可知在芬兰，农民们穿着纸靴子，以保持他们的脚在雪地里的温暖，可推测出此处是“房子也可以用纸来隔热”，所以该单词意思是“使隔热/绝缘”，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据“ Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. ”可知每天人们扔掉大约2800吨纸，与选项A内容不一致，所以选项A错误；根据“However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.”可知中国人在7世纪开始使用它，与选项B内容一致，所以选项B正确；根据“So we must start saving paper right now.”可知我们必须从现在开始节约纸张，与选项C内容不一致，所以选项C错误；故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”可知在芬兰，农民们穿着纸靴子，以保持他们的脚在雪地里的温暖，故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据“ After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.”可知加拿大是森林资源丰富的国家，因此是造纸的重要国家。故选B。

5.主旨大意题。根据第一段是纸的历史，第二段是哪些国家是造纸大国，第三段是纸的用途，第四段是纸的来源，第五段是呼吁人们节约纸张，所以本文的主旨大意是纸的信息。其他选项比较片面，故选A。