Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!
小題1:What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?
A．He reads books.B．He reads newspapers
C．He looks through magazinesD．He looks at the posters on the wall.
小題2:When was paper first created?
A．About 2.000 years ago.B．In the 19th century.
C．About 1.000 years ago.D．In the 11th century.
小題3:Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?
A. People could not read.
B. People could not write words on paper.
C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.
D People could only produce books one at a time by hand
小題4:What happened after books became cheaper?
A．People didn’t want to buy books.
B．Printing was invented in China.
C．Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
D．The Internet was introduced to people soon
小題5:What is the writer’s opinion about books and computers’?
A．People won’t need books any more
B．Books won’t be replaced by computers.
C．People prefer to find information in books.
D．Computers have already replaced books.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了書籍的產(chǎn)生和變化及在人類社會發(fā)展中知識和思想傳播的巨大作用。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep.描述，可知作者在睡覺前都要看著墻上的海報(bào)，故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago,描述，可知報(bào)紙是在大約兩千年前產(chǎn)生的。故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)短文第二段But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare.描述，可知書籍貴的原因是因?yàn)�，書籍那時(shí)只能手寫。而且一次只能寫一張，故選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)短文第三段As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.描述，可知在書籍變得便宜之后，知識和思想傳播的更快樂。故選C。
小題5:作者態(tài)度題：根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，可知作者認(rèn)為電腦不會代替電腦，故選B。
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