Paperisoneofthemostimportantproductseverinventedbyman.Widespreaduseofwrittenlanguagewouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutsomecheapandpracticalmaterialtowriteon.Theinventionofpapermeantmorepeoplecouldbeeducatedbecausemorebookscouldbeprintedanddistributed.Togetherwiththeprintingpress,paperprovidedanextremelyimportantwaytocommunicateknowledge.
Howmuchpaperdoyouuseeveryyear?Probablyyoucannotanswerthatquestionquickly.In1900theworld'suseofpaperwasaboutonekilogramforeachpersonayear.Nowsomecountriesuseasmuchas50kilogramsofpaperforeachpersonayear.CountriesliketheUnitedStates,EnglandandSwedenusemorepaperthanothercountries.
Paper,likemanyotherthingsthatweusetoday,wasfirstmadeinChina.InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnotverycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.TheEgyptianswroteonakindofmaterialmadeofawaterplant.Europeansusedparchmentformanyhundredsofyears.Parchmentwasverystrong;itwasmadefromtheskinofcertainyounganimals.WehavelearntofthemostimportantfactsofEuropeanhistoryfromrecordsthatwerekeptonparchment.
Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
17.Whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedabouttheinventionofpaper?
18.WhendidtheEgyptiansbegintousepaperwidely?
19.Whichofthefollowingcountriesusesmostpaperforeachpersonayear?
20.Whatisthemainideaofthisshorttalk?
1、but题型2、场景题(线索词)3、替换题(听到什么不选什么)
1、主观题(找积极态度,正面评价)2、客观题(数字题,听到什么选什么)
3、宏观题(中心思想题)4、细节题(注意中间的提示词)
1、词组与词的替换(一般题干中出现词组;选项中出现词)。
比如:runintosb.=meetsb.calloff=cancel
2、词与词替换(同义词或者反义词替换)
比如:interesting=stimulating;fascinating;exciting;notboring