Question

Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

      Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many hooks, few people learned to read.

      Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

      Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

      Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!

1.What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?

A. He reads books.                   B. He reads newspapers

C. He looks through magazines         D. He looks at the posters on the wall.

2.When was paper first created?

A. About 2.000 years ago.              B. In the 19th century.

C. About 1.000 years ago.              D. In the 11th century.

3.Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A. People could not read.

B. People could not write words on paper.

C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.

D People could only produce books one at a time by hand

4.What happened after books became cheaper?

A. People didn’t want to buy books.

B. Printing was invented in China.

C. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

D. The Internet was introduced to people soon

5.What is the writer’s opinion about books and computers’?

A. People won’t need books any more

B. Books won’t be replaced by computers.

C. People prefer to find information in books.

D. Computers have already replaced books.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了書籍的產生及在人類社會發展中的巨大作用。

1.根據第一段And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep.描述，可知作者在睡覺前都要看著墻上的海報，故選D。

2.根據第二段Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago,描述，可知報紙是在大約兩千年前產生的。故選A。

3.根據短文第二段But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare.描述，可知書籍貴的原因是因為，書籍那時只能手寫。故選D。

4.根據短文第三段As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.描述，可知在書籍變得便宜之后，知識和思想傳播的更快樂。故選C。

5.根據短文最后一段描述，可知作者認為電腦不會代替電腦，故選B。