5.Many people believe that paper started with the ancient Egyptians.However,this is not exactly true.Instead,5,000years ago,Egyptians used a material called papyrus (紙莎草紙),which was made from the stems (莖) of river plants.They put these flat pieces together to create a larger flat sheet (簿片),on which Ancient Egyptians wrote like paper.
But the paper we know today did not exist until 3,000years later.It was created in China.No one knows who first invented paper.But history does tell us about one man who improved the process.It was in the year 105.A man named Cai Lun began to use many materials to make paper.He took the outer coveting of a tree,pieces of net and cloth,broke these materials down into very small pieces and mixed them with water.Then he pressed out the water,and all that was left was a thin sheet of paper.
Paper quickly spread to other areas of the world.In the Middle East,people made paper thicker and also made it easier to produce quickly.From the Middle East,paper traveled to Europe and then the Americas.For many years paper cost a lot of money and time to create.But in the 19th century,people began to create paper from wood.
Paper changed the way people lived.Long ago,when paper was difficult to make,people only used paper for special purposes.Government officials would write important laws on it.Explorers drew maps of the world on it.But common people did not use it.As paper became easier to make,it was used for more things.People wrapped ( 包裹) it around gifts.Paper was also used as money.Today people use paper for even more things.
32.According to the text,papyrusB.
A.was made from cloth
B.has a longer history than paper
C.is difficult to produce
D.was introduced to Egypt from China
33.Paragraph 2is mainly aboutA.
A.how Cai Lun improved paper
B.the long history of paper in China
C.why Cai Lun wanted to make paper
D.the invention of the first piece of paper
34.What's the spreading route of paper?C
A.Asia→the Americas→Europe→the Middle East
B.Asia→Europe→the Middle East→the Americas
C.Asia→the Middle East→Europe→the Americas
D.Asia→the Middle East→the Americas→Europe
35.When it was first invented,paperB.
A.could only be used by government officials
B.was expensive and difficult to make
C.was sent to others as a gift
D.was too thick to write on.
分析 本文主要講述了古代社會造紙術(shù)的發(fā)明和它的演進(jìn)過程.
解答 32.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文中第一段的"Instead,5,000 years ago,Egyptians used a material called papyrus"和第二段"But the paper we know today did not exist until 3,000 years later."可知,papyrus的歷史要比paper長.結(jié)合選項,故選B
33.A 段落大意題.根據(jù)文中的"But history does tell us about one man who improved the process.It was in the year 105.A man named Cai Lun began to use many materials to make paper."可知,本段是關(guān)于蔡倫如何發(fā)送造紙術(shù)的.故選A
34.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段的介紹Paper quickly spread to other areas of the world.In the Middle East,people made paper thicker and also made it easier to produce quickly.From the Middle East,paper traveled to Europe and then the Americas.For many years paper cost a lot of money and time to create.But in the 19th century,people began to create paper from wood.可知,正確順序應(yīng)是Asia→the Middle East→Europe→the Americas.結(jié)合選項,故選C
35.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文中的"For many years paper cost a lot of money and time to creat."可知,造紙花很多錢和時間去做,是一個不容易的事情.結(jié)合選項,故選B
點評 本文是一個社會文化類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).