In your school bags, you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler, and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories. And, of course, they were invented by some people. There have not always been pencils or pens, a ruler and books. Thousands of years ago no one knew about these things.

Who invented them first? How did they have such clever ideas? We always don’t know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have changed the world. Such as paper, printing, radio, telephone and computer, and we know the inventors. But we have forgotten most of the other inventors.

Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don’t know. There have been thousands of inventors and we should grateful to them for their clever ideas. Will you be one of them when you grow up?

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1.Most things in your school bags are made of _________.

A. paper B. wood C. metal D. nylon

2.The inventors invented these things because _________.

A. their children were at school B. they hoped to save some money

C. they have a lot of clever ideas D. they have good machines

3.The history books tell us _________.

A. who invented paper and printing B. who invented clocks and doors

C. when the first key was invented D. how much the silk cost

4.We don’t know ________.

A. the names of the inventors of paper B. the names of the inventors of telephone

C. the names of the inventors of lamp D. the names of most inventors

5.The writer wonders _________.

A. if you are an inventor B. if you want to be an inventor

C. what’s invented by you D. how many inventors you know

The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago.China still has pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that.But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees.It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants.

Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100.Scandinavia(斯堪的纳维亚),which now makes a great deal of the world’s paper,did not begin to make it until 1500.It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees.After that,the forest countries of Sweden,Norway,Finland,and the United States became the largest paper producers.Today in Finland,which makes the best paper in the world,the paper industry is the biggest in the land.New paper-making machines are very big,and they make paper very fast.The biggest machines can make a piece of paper 300 meters long and 6 meters wide in one minute.

When we think of paper,we think of newspaper,books,letters,envelopes and writing paper.But there are many other uses.Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers,etc.

1.Which of the following is the first to make paper?

A. China.

B. Scandinavia.

C. Germany.

D. Finland.

2.Schaeffer found out that________.

A. the best tree

B. a German made the best paper

C. wood could be made into the best paper

D. the oldest paper

3.What does the underlined word“industry”mean in Chinese?

A. 国防 B. 教育 C. 农业 D. 工业

4.According to the passage,paper is not used for________.

A. newspapers B. envelopes

C. writing paper D. food and drinks

5.The article mainly talks about paper-making________.

A. in the United States B. in Scandinavia

C. in Japan D. in the world

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