In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled 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 2000 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 give 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 then we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchief and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper, 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.

1. When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.

A.saw many wonderful things

B.read a lot of books

C.discovered Cai Lun invented paper

D.learned to make paper

2.About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

A.48,000           B.1,700             C.2,000            D.2,800

3.Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A.To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

B.To grow more trees.

C.To use both sides of very piece of paper.

D.To use the paper bags from shops more than once.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper.

B.If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

C.The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

D.It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

5.Which is the best title of the passages?

A.Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

B.Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

C.Saving Paper

D.The history of Paper

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:在13世紀,意大利著名旅行家馬可·波羅在中國發(fā)現(xiàn)中國人用的紙錢。蔡倫發(fā)明造紙近2000年前,F(xiàn)在紙張仍然來自樹木。我們每天使用了大量的紙張。每個人都可以節(jié)省紙張。這樣我們可以保護樹木。

1.細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things.”理解可知。馬克波羅在中國期間他發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多的好東西,故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city.”理解可知,現(xiàn)在人們每天要用2800噸紙張,故選D。

3.理解歸納題,根據(jù)文中語句理解可知,節(jié)約用紙的方式很多,植樹造林不是節(jié)約用紙的方式,故選B。

4.細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.”理解可知。我們應該保護森林而不是砍伐森林來造紙,故選D。

5.標題理解推斷題,根據(jù)文中語句理解可知,此文主要用來號召人們要節(jié)約用紙的,故選C。

考點:科普環(huán)保類的短文閱讀

點評:此題考查的內容廣泛,既有對語句的理解,還有對短文標題的推測,對這類題目把握難度稍大,這就要求對整篇文章有較深的理解,因此要對文章多讀兩遍,把握好每個小細節(jié),讀懂文章后作出正確選擇。

 

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