Paper was first 1 about 2,000 years ago, it has been made 2 silk, cotton, bamboo, and wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. And because there weren’t many books, 3 people learned to read. Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by 4 ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly 5 the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and 6 . ___ 7 , more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly, 8 a way that can be compared 9 the 10 of the Internet in the 20th century.
1．A. create B. created C. creating D. creates
2．A. in B. of C. from D. by
3．A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
4．A. put B. putting C. puts D. puting
5．A. at B. in C. by D. on
6．A. cheap B. cheaply C. cheaper D. cheapest
7 A. Because B. so that C. As a result D. because of
8．A. on B. in C. by D. at
9．A. at B. with C. by D. about
10.A.introduction B. introduce C. introduced D. introducing
1．B
2．C
3．C
4．B
5．A
6．B
7．C
8．B
9．B
10.A
【解析】
试题分析：造纸术是中国古代的四大发明之一。最初纸是用丝绸，棉花，竹子和木头制成的。因为贵很少有人会读书。后来随着造纸术的改进，知识和观念迅速传播。犹如20世纪的因特网的加入。
1．考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。造纸术最先是在2000年前创造的。这里应该是用被动语态，即be+动词的过去分词。 A.create创造，原形；B.created是create的过去式、过去分词；C.creating是create的现在分词；D.creates是create的单三形式。故选B。
2．考查介词辨析和对语境的理解。纸曾经是用丝绸，棉花，竹子和木头制成的。 A. made in 在某地制造；B. made of 由…制成，能看出原材料；C.from由…制成，看不出原材料；D.by由，被。故选C。
3．考查代词辨析和对语境的理解。因为没有很多书，所以没有几个人学习读书。A.little很少，表否定，后面跟不可数名词；B.a little一些，后面跟不可数名词，表肯定；C.few 没几个，表否定，后面跟可数名词的复数；D.a few一些，后面跟可数名词的复数，表肯定。故选C。
4．考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。第一批印刷书是通过把墨汁放在一块木板上然后拿着纸按压。介词by后应该用动词的-ing形式。 A.put放，原形、过去式、过去分词；B.putting是put的现在分词；C.puts是put的单三形式；D. putting形式错误。故选B。
5．考查介词辨析和对语境的理解。介词短语at the beginning of意为：在…初期。 A.at在；B.in在…内；C.by通过；D.on在…上。当印刷术在11世纪初被极大的研发时，……。故选A。
6．考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。书就可以更快更便宜地制作出来。A.cheap便宜的，形容词原形；B.cheaply便宜地，副词原形；C..cheaper是cheap的比较级；D. cheapest 是cheap的最高级。cheaper和前面的more quickly并列。故选B。
7．考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。前面提到书的制作更便宜，所以有更多的人学会了读书。 A.Because因为，后面跟从句；B.so that以至于；C.As a result结果；D. because of因为，后面跟名词、动名词。故选C。
8．考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。A.on在…上；B.in在……里；C.by 通过；D.at在。way前后都用介词in。故选B。
9．考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。知识和观念以一种可以和因特网的引进相比的方式很快传播开来。 A.at在；B.with 与compare连用，意为：和……比；C.by被、由；D.about关于。故选B。
10.考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。和20世纪的因特网的引进A.introduction名词，介绍；B.introduce动词，介绍；C.introduced是introduce的过去式、过去分词；D. introducing是introduce的现在分词。故选A。
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