Question

Paper was invented 1     the Chinese in 2      century AD. The 3      of paper-making took seven hundred years to 4       the Muslim(穆斯林)world and 5       seven hundred years to get to Britain. Most paper is made  6      wood. When 7      are cut 8     ,they are carried to paper mills(作坊). Here they are 9      and the wood is broken into fibres(纤维)which are mixed with water and chemicals(然后与水和化学物质混合).This mixture(混合物)is then 10      and made 11      paper. One tree  12       for every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the people in Britain 13      buys one daily paper,this 14      over forty thousand trees 15      .

Trees are being cut down 16      than they grow up,so there 17      a 18      paper shortage(短缺)at the 19      of the  20     century.

(   ) 1. A.  on  B. in     C. at  D. by

(   ) 2. A.  the first  B. one     C. a one  D. a

(   ) 3. A.  time  B. art     C. man  D. woman

(   ) 4. A.  get  B. arrive     C. reach  D. go

(   ) 5. A.  another  B. the other     C. others  D. the others

(   ) 6. A.  of  B. from     C. by  D. with

(   ) 7. A.  wood  B. woods     C. trees  D. a tree

(   ) 8. A.  down  B. out     C. in  D. off

(   ) 9. A.  cutting down B. cut up     C. cutting into D. cut off

(   ) 10. A.  wet  B. dry     C. hot  D. dried

(   ) 11. A.  of  B. from     C. in  D. into

(   ) 12. A.  needs  B. has     C. is needed  D. wants

(   ) 13. A.  every  B. all     C. each  D. both

(   ) 14. A.  uses up  B. uses     C. pays  D. eats up

(   ) 15. A.  a year  B. a day     C. a week  D. an hour

(   ) 16. A.  fast  B. quick     C. quickly  D. faster

(   ) 17. A.  maybe  B. perhaps     C.  possible  D. may be

(   ) 18. A.  good  B. fine     C. bad  D. serious

(   ) 19. A.  begin  B. beginning     C. began  D. top

(   ) 20. A.  eighteenth B. twenty-first C. twentieth     D. twentieth-first

Answer 1

 1. D 2. A此处只能用序数词。in  the first century AD的意思是“在公元一世纪”。3. B 4. C “reach”在此表示“传播到”。5. A  6. B    “be made  of”和“be made from”都是“由制成”的 意思，但前者表示制成成品后还能看出原材料，而后者表示制成成品后已经看不出原材料了。  7. C 8. A “cut down”意为“砍倒”；“cut out”意为“割掉”；“cut in”意为“插嘴”；“cut off”意为“剪下，切断”。9. B “cut up”意为“切碎”。10. D 11. D  12. C 13. C 14. A “use up”意为“消耗， 用尽”。15. B  16. D 17. D  18. D  19. B  20. B