¡¡¡¡In the 13th century, 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£®
¡¡¡¡A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented 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 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 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 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 trees£®But we should do it now, before it is too late£®
Choose the best answer
(1)
When he was in China, Marco Polo ________£®
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discovered Cai Lun invented paper
B£®
learned to make paper
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saw many wonderful things
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read a lot of books
(2)
People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century£®
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17th
B£®
15th
C£®
13th
D£®
7th
(3)
About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city£®
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A£®
1,700
B£®
2,000
C£®
2,800
D£®
48,000
(4)
Which of the following is not the way of saving paper?
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To use both sides of every piece of paper£®
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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 of the following is not true?
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If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use£®
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The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries£®
C£®
About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper£®