2013年南京建邺区中考英语一模试卷(6)

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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 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th 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 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 country. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we re cutting nearly 47,600 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

making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) but not paper ones. When we go shopping, we try not to use paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we think it over, we can help to protect trees. However, we should do it now, before it is too late.

41. When he was in China, Marco Polo __________.

A. discovered Cai Lun invented paperB. learned to make paper

C. saw many wonderful thingsD. read a lot of books

42. People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century.

A. 17th B.15thC.13thD. 7th

43. About _________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our country.

A. 1,700B. 2,000C.2,800D. 4,800

44. What can we do in order to save 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 instead of paper.

D. All the above.

45. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.