In the 13^th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that 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 2,000 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 have 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 when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（手帕） and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse (拒绝) 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.
【小题1】When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ .

A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper	B．learned to make paper
C．saw many wonderful things	D．read a lot of books

【小题2】 People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century.

A．17th

B．15th

C．13th

D．7th

【小题3】 About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

A．1,700

B．2,000

C．2,800

D．48,000

【小题4】 Which of the following is the way of saving paper?

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper.

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

C．To use cotton handkerchiefs and paper ones.

D．All of the above.

【小题5】Which is the best title（题目） of the passage?

A．Saving paper.	B．The history of paper.
C．Cotton handkerchiefs back again.	D．Cai Lun, the great inventor.

缺词填空，其中13-15是根据上下文语境根据首字母填单词（15分）

1.More information can be ________(可获得的) on the Internet.

2.We all think his ________ (行为) is very strange. We must stop him from doing so.

3.This gift is so expensive that I can’t ________(接受) it.

4.Thank you very much for giving me so many useful__________(建议)．

5.I have________(答复)to my penfriend’s letter．

6．Mr Wang is busy__________(解释)everything to us．

7．He often__________(吵架)with his parents in the past．

8．__________(原谅)others for their mistakes is a good virtue．

9．Lily told me that she_________(宁愿)to listen to music to relax herself．

10.Do you know who __________ (发现) America?  

11.The old man is different from others. He doesn’t act ____________ ( 正常 ).

12.Peter has had his bicycle _______________(修理).

13.Did you know that colours can i _______ our moods?

14.Who has p___________my bedroorn pink? My father.

15．Lin Tao is very clever，but he never shows off．He is m_________ ．

 

缺词填空，其中13-15是根据上下文语境根据首字母填单词（15分）
1.More information can be ________(可获得的) on the Internet.
2.We all think his ________ (行为) is very strange. We must stop him from doing so.
3.This gift is so expensive that I can’t ________(接受) it.
4.Thank you very much for giving me so many useful__________(建议)．
5.I have________(答复)to my penfriend’s letter．
6．Mr Wang is busy__________(解释)everything to us．
7．He often__________(吵架)with his parents in the past．
8．__________(原谅)others for their mistakes is a good virtue．
9．Lily told me that she_________(宁愿)to listen to music to relax herself．
10.Do you know who __________ (发现) America?  
11.The old man is different from others. He doesn’t act ____________ ( 正常 ).
12.Peter has had his bicycle _______________(修理).
13.Did you know that colours can i _______ our moods?
14.Who has p___________my bedroorn pink? My father.
15．Lin Tao is very clever，but he never shows off．He is m_________ ．

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