中考真题2024年山东省泰安市五选五-造纸术
Papermaking technology (造纸术) is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. ____1____ Thousands of years ago in the Mediterranean (地中海), it was common for people to write messages on broken pieces from jars (坛，罐). ____2____
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, an official named Cai Lun created a sheet of paper using mulberry (桑树) and other fibers (纤维) along with fishing net, old clothes, and other wastes. He steamed and cooked all these materials with water, and changed them into pulp (纸浆), then poured the pulp out carefully on a fine screen and dried it into a kind of thin paper. The paper was suitable for writing and was also very cheap, so it became very popular. ____3____
After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. And then bamboo and straw could also be used as the materials for making paper. ____4____ For example, the Xuan paper is used for Chinese calligraphy and painting.
Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and later to Arabia and other countries. ____5____ It also plays an important role in the development of global civilization.
A. Therefore, Cai Lun played a great part in papermaking technology.
B. Before it was invented, people wrote on different kinds of things.
C. Because of different materials, many kinds of paper were produced for different uses.
D. Animal skins and wood were also common materials to write on.
E. The invention of paper provides a more convenient way for communication of information.
1.1.
A
B
C
D
解析：选B。根据“Thousands of years ago in the Mediterranean (地中海), it was common for people to write messages on broken pieces from jars”可知数千年前，在地中海，人们在罐子的碎片上写信息是很常见的，故此处介绍的是造纸术发明之前的事情，选项B“在它被发明之前，人们在各种各样的东西上写过东西”符合语境。故选B。
2.2.
A
B
C
D
解析：选D。根据“Thousands of years ago in the Mediterranean (地中海), it was common for people to write messages on broken pieces from jars”可知此处介绍以前人们在什么物品上写字，选项D“兽皮和木头也是常见的书写材料”符合语境。故选D。
3.3.
A
B
C
D
解析：选A。根据“The paper was suitable for writing and was also very cheap, so it became very popular.”可知这种纸适合写字，而且很便宜，所以很受欢迎，所以蔡伦发明造纸术是很重要的，选项A“因此，蔡伦在造纸技术中发挥了重要作用”符合语境。故选A。
4.4.
A
B
C
D
解析：选C。根据“For example, the Xuan paper is used for Chinese calligraphy and painting.”可知宣纸用于中国书法和绘画，所以材料不同，用处就不同，选项C“由于材料不同，生产了多种不同用途的纸张”符合语境。故选C。
5.5.
A
B
C
D
解析：选E。根据“It also plays an important role in the development of global civilization.”可知此处介绍纸的发明的作用，选项E“纸张的发明为信息交流提供了一种更方便的方式”符合语境。故选E。