C.READING.
Complete the passage with the words in the box, then answer the questions bellow.
Broken; invented; shortage; is; papermaking; exported;
Paper was __________ (1) by the Chinese in the first century A.D. The art of papermaking took 700 years to reach the Muslim world and another 700 years to get to Britain.
Most paper __________ (2) made from wood. When the trees are cut down, they are carried by land or water to paper mills. Here they are cut up and the wood is __________ (3) up into fibers, mixed with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried up on a machine and made into paper.
Papermaking is an important British industry, and paper from Britain is __________ (4) to South Africa, Australia and many other countries. Some of the wood used in British __________ (5) industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also imported from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every 400 copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each day buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40,000 trees a day. Trees are cut down faster than they can be replaced, so there may be a paper __________ (6) before the year 2020.
Answer the questions:
1.Who was paper invented by?
-> ………………………………………………………………………………
2.What is paper made from?
-> …………………………………………………………………………………………
3.Where is paper from Britain exported to?
-> ………………………………………………………………………………………
4.What is the passage about?
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1. invented
2.is
3.broken
4.exported
5.papermaking
6.shortage
1.Who was paper invented by?
Paper was invented by the Chinese
2.What is paper made from?
Paper is made from wood.
3.Where is paper from Britain exported to?
Paper from Britain is exported to South Africa, Australia and many other countries
4.What is the passage about?
The passage is about papermaking.
Paper was ______invented ____ (1) by the Chinese in the first century A.D. The art of papermaking took 700 years to reach the Muslim world and another 700 years to get to Britain.
Most paper ____is______ (2) made from wood. When the trees are cut down, they are carried by land or water to paper mills. Here they are cut up and the wood is _____broken_____ (3) up into fibers, mixed with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried up on a machine and made into paper.
Papermaking is an important British industry, and paper from Britain is ____exported______ (4) to South Africa, Australia and many other countries. Some of the wood used in British _____papermaking_____ (5) industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also imported from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every 400 copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each day buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40,000 trees a day. Trees are cut down faster than they can be replaced, so there may be a paper _______shortage___ (6) before the year 2020.
Answer the questions:
1.Who was paper invented by?
-> …………………………………… Paper was invented by the Chinese…………………………………………
2.What is paper made from?
-> ……………………………… Most paper is made from wood…………………………………………………………
3.Where is paper from Britain exported to?
-> ………………………………… South Africa, Australia and many other countries……………………………………………………
4.What is the passage about?
-> …………………………Papermaking………………………………………………………………
