Question

【题目】根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

No one knows who invented the pencils or when it happened. A Swiss described a pencil in a book in 1565. He said it was a piece of wood with lead (铅) inside it. Pencils weren’t popular. Then, in 1795, someone started making pencils from graphite (石墨), and they became very popular. Today, people still make pencils in the same way. They put it inside a piece of wood.

One pencil can write 50, 000 English words or make a line 55 kilometers long.

Before the pencils were widely used, people used bird feathers (羽毛) as pens. When people wrote with feather pens, they had to put the point into ink after every few letters. Next, someone invented a fountain pen(自来水笔) that could hold ink inside it. A fountain pen can write a few pages before you have to fill it again.

Two brothers, Ladislao and George Biro, invented the ballpoint pen (圆珠笔) that we all use today. They left their country Hungary (匈牙利) and started making ballpoint pens in England in 1943, during World War II. Later, a French company called Bic bought the Biro brothers’company. Some people call the ballpoint pens “Bics.” Australians call them “biros.” Whatever we call them, we use them every day.

【1】What instruments for writing are mentioned in the passage?

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【2】Which was used more often before 1795, pencils or feather pens?

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【3】Who invented ballpoint pens?

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【4】Where were ballpoint pens made by Biro brothers?

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【5】What does the underlined word “them” refer to(指代)?;

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Pens, pencils and ballpoint pens.

【2】Feather pens.

【3】Two brothers, Ladislao and George Biro.

【4】In England.

【5】The ballpoint pens.

【解析】

本文介绍了笔的发展，从最初的铅笔，到之后的钢笔，到现在仍在使用的圆珠笔。

【1】本文介绍了三种笔，第一段介绍了铅笔pencils，第三段介绍了钢笔pens，第四段介绍了圆珠笔the ballpoint pens。故答案为Pens, pencils and ballpoint pens.

【2】根据“Then, in 1795, someone started making pencils from graphite (石墨), and they became very popular.”可知铅笔是在1975年流行起来的，根据“Before the pencils were widely used, people used bird feathers (羽毛) as pens.”可知在铅笔广泛应用之前，人们使用羽毛做的钢笔，因此在1975年之前，用的应该是羽毛的钢笔。故答案为Feather pens.

【3】根据“Two brothers, Ladislao and George Biro, invented the ballpoint pen (圆珠笔) that we all use today.”可知两兄弟Ladislao和George Biro发明了圆珠笔。故答案为Two brothers, Ladislao and George Biro.

【4】根据“They left their country Hungary (匈牙利) and started making ballpoint pens in England in 1943, during World War II.”可知两兄弟是在英国开始制造圆珠笔的。故答案为In England.

【5】根据Some people call the ballpoint pens “Bics.” Australians call them “biros.”可知一些人叫圆珠笔Bics，澳大利亚有不同的叫法，他们叫biros，因此them指代的是圆珠笔the ballpoint pens。故答案为The ballpoint pens。