Question

In the 13^th 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 15^th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7^th 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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：在13世纪，意大利著名旅行家马可·波罗在中国发现中国人用的纸钱。蔡伦发明造纸近2000年前。现在纸张仍然来自树木。我们每天使用了大量的纸张。每个人都可以节省纸张。这样我们可以保护树木。

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things.”理解可知。马克波罗在中国期间他发现了很多的好东西，故选A。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city.”理解可知，现在人们每天要用2800吨纸张，故选D。

3.理解归纳题，根据文中语句理解可知，节约用纸的方式很多，植树造林不是节约用纸的方式，故选B。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“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。我们应该保护森林而不是砍伐森林来造纸，故选D。

5.标题理解推断题，根据文中语句理解可知，此文主要用来号召人们要节约用纸的，故选C。

考点：科普环保类的短文阅读