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浙江省乐清育英寄宿学校实验班2015-2016学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
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Paper, also called zhi, was a Chinese invention. About 2,000 years ago, Chinese people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} paper-making (造纸). At that time, zhi was made {#blank#}2{#/blank#} silk and was very expensive. Only the emperor and rich people could afford to use {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. About 1,900 years ago, Cai Lun improved the paper-making {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He made cheap zhi out of tree bark and old cloth.
The improvement in paper-making {#blank#}5{#/blank#} zhi far and wide, and many different kinds of zhi were made by Chinese people. Xuan paper, a type of high-quality rice paper, can show the charm (魅力) of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Chinese painting and calligraphy best. Later, Chinese zhi spread to the West through the Silk Road. It became one of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} popular inventions in the world. With zhi, the cost of producing books became more affordable, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} knowledge could be shared more widely. Chinese zhi now is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} used around the world. Humans are full of infinite wisdom. No one knows {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the future will be like.
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Over 700 years ago, Marco Polo travelled to China along the old Silk Road. Today, another{#blank#}1{#/blank#} has done the same. And she's 74 years old! Meet this cool grandmother, Vienna Cammarota.
She set out {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the birthplace of Polo, Venice in April 2022. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Marco Polo. She walked a long way— over 20,000 kilometers. She did this {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with a backpack and two walking sticks. She also {#blank#}5{#/blank#} out a copy of Marco Polo' s diaries to read. Finally, in August2024, she arrived in China.
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