Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案 写在答题纸的相应位置。

Before paper was invented, people wrote or drew on materials such as bamboo, silk, animal hide, and wooden blocks. Writing materials were1. (real) expensive and few people learned to read. Therefore, few people wrote. This all changed, thanks 2. a man called Cai Lun.

Paper had already existed (存 在)in China, but the process for 3. (produce) it was difficult and the paper was of low quality. Cai Lun began experimenting with many different materials and4. (method) to turn those materials into paper. In the year 105, he made it 5.tree bark, bamboo, cloth rags and fishing nets. His paper was 6. (strong) and cheaper than any paper that had been made before.

With Cai Lun's papermaking method, Chinese culture 7. (grow) more rapidly over the next several centuries. That's 8. ideas were much easier to share and more people learned to read. The use of paper spread abroad, helping other cultures record and spread their ideas. Today, Cai Lun is regarded 9. a national hero in China. But 10. whole world should remember the clever Chinese papermaker forever.

Answer

1.really

2.to

3.producing

4.methods

5.from

6.stronger

7.grew

8.because

9.as

10.the

【解析】

本文讲述了在纸被发明之前，很少有人写作，因为很贵。蔡伦用树皮、竹子、破布和渔网做成了这个东西，他的纸比以前做的任何纸都更结实、更便宜。纸的使用传播到国外，帮助人们记录和传播他们的思想。今天，蔡伦被认为是中国的民族英雄，但全世界应该永远记住这位聪明的中国造纸者。

1.句意：书写材料非常昂贵。

根据“Writing materials were_____1______ (real) expensive”可知是缺副词修饰形容词，结合所给单词，故答案为really。

2.句意：这一切都改变了，多亏了一个叫蔡伦的人。

thanks to sb表示“多亏某人”，结合“thanks ________2_____ a man called Cai Lun.”可知此处缺介词“to”，故答案为to。

3.句意：但生产工艺复杂，质量较差。

介词+doing，根据“for”可知此处缺动名词，结合所给单词，故答案为producing。

4.句意：蔡伦开始尝试用许多不同的材料和方法把这些材料变成纸。

根据“many different”可知后面接名词复数，结合所给单词，故答案为methods。

5.句意：他用树皮、竹子、破布和渔网做成了这个东西。

make from表示“制成”，根据“made it _______5______tree bark, bamboo, cloth rags and fishing nets.”可知他用树皮、竹子、破布和渔网做成了这个东西，这些材料可看的出材质，可推测出此处缺介词“from”，故答案为from。

6.句意：他的纸比以前做的任何纸都更结实、更便宜。

be动词+形容词，根据“was”可知此处缺形容词，结合“than”可知此处缺形容词比较级，结合所给单词，故答案为stronger。

7.句意：中国文化在接下来的几个世纪里发展得更快。

根据“Chinese culture ________7________ (grow) more rapidly”可知此处缺谓语动词，结合“That’s because ideas were much easier to share and more people learned to read.”是一般过去时，所以此处也是一般过去时，结合所给单词，故答案为grew。

8.句意：这是因为想法更容易分享，更多的人学会了阅读。

根据“ideas were much easier to share and more people learned to read.”可知此处是接原因，所以用“because”，故答案为because。

9.句意：今天，蔡伦被认为是中国的民族英雄。

be regarded as表示“被认为”，结合“Cai Lun is regarded ____9_____ a national hero”可知蔡伦被认为是民族英雄，所以此处是缺“as”，故答案为as。

10.句意：全世界应该永远记住这位聪明的中国造纸者。

the whole world表示“全世界”，结合“whole world should remember the clever Chinese papermaker forever.”可知全世界应该永远记住这位聪明的中国造纸者，可推测出此处缺“the”，故答案为the。