C

Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.

Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the foresty countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated(隔热)with paper. You perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

71. What did the invention of paper mean? It meant _________.

A. more people could be educated            B. more books could be printed

C. paper is one of the most important products  D. Paper was invented by man.

72. When was paper made in southern Europe?

A. Before 1100.                           B. After 1400.

C. After 1100.                            D. Before 1400

73. Which country makes the best paper?

A. Norway.                               B. Canada

C. The United States.                D. Finland.

74. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?

A. Books are warmer.                       B. Newspapers are warmer.

C. Paper is the warmest.                     D. Houses are the warmest. 

75. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The invention of paper.                     B. The best paper

C. The paper-making                         D. The uses of paper.

【主旨大意】：本文主要介绍纸的历史及其用途。

71. A. 细节理解题.文章第一段第二句可知答案。

72. C. 细节理解题. 从Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100知道答案。

73. D. 细节理解题.从Today Finland makes the best paper in the world可知答案。

74. C. 词义猜测题。根据句意和上文判断。

75. D. 主旨大意题。纵观全文本文主要谈论的是纸的用途。