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Unit Review
§2 单元话题阅读训练
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Ⅰ.阅读理解。(★★☆☆☆)
In the 13th century,Marco Polo,the world-known Italian traveller,saw many wonderful things in China.One of the things he discovered was money made of paper.People in the west did not have such kind of money until the 15th century.However,the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.
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Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago.But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100.Four hundred years later,a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees.
However,every day,people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city nowadays.It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.
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So we must start saving paper right now.We can also use both sides of every piece of paper.We can make useful things out of used paper.We can also use china cups instead of paper ones.
( )1.When did the Chinese begin to use paper money?
A.In the 5th century.
B.In the 6th century.
C.In the 7th century.
D.In the 15th century.
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D
( )2.Paper was invented by .
A.a European man
B. a Chinese man
C.Marco Polo
D. a German
( )3.How many trees does it take to make 2,800 tons of paper according to the passage?
A.About 30,000.
B. About 4,800.
C.Nearly 5,000.
D. Nearly 48,000.
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C
( )4.What does the underlined phrase “instead of” mean in Chinese?
A.代替
B. 与
C.或者
D. 而且
( )5.Paragraph 4 mainly talks about .
A.how paper is made
B.how paper was invented
C.how we can save paper
D.how we can make useful things
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Ⅱ.任务型阅读。(★★★☆☆)
阅读下面短文,按要求完成6~10题。
Now many people like travelling.Do you know why?I think it is good for us in the following ways.
First,by travelling we can visit some famous cities and places of interest and enjoy the beautiful scenery of different places.We