Question

【题目】 In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, 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 1, 100. 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 (使绝缘) 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 between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

【1】Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?

A.Because it was a large country.B.Because it had lots of forests.

C.Because it was a very rich country.D.Because the inventor was from Canada.

【2】In Finland, paper is used for __________.

A.making bedsB.reducing wasteC.making umbrellasD.keeping warm

【3】Paragraph 5 mainly talks about __________.

A.how paper boots are madeB.how paper was invented

C.how we can save paperD.how we can make useful things

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了中国的造纸术，纸的用途和防寒的作用，因为纸是用树木做成的，作者呼吁我们在用纸和保护树木之间做到平衡，保护环境。

【1】细节理解题。根据第2大段“After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.”在那之后，森林资源丰富的国家，如加拿大、瑞典、美国、芬兰成为造纸业最重要的国家。可知，因为加拿大森林资源丰富。故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第3大段“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”在芬兰，农民们会穿纸靴来保暖。可知，是为了保暖。故选D。

【3】段落大意题。根据第5大段“So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper.”所以我们必须从现在开始节约纸张。我们可以利用每一张纸的两面。可知，本段主要在讲述如何节约纸张。故选C。