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Babies love chocolate, and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example . She doesn't like newspapers very much .
Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees , and trees are plants: Vegetables and fruit are plants too, and we eat a lot of them . So can we also eat wood and paper?
Scientists say: “ All food comes in some way from plants. ” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat sea-plants; then bigger fish swim along and eat them . Chickens eat bits of grass and give us eggs . What food does not come from plants in some way?
Scientists can do wonderful things with plants . They can make food just like meat. And they can make it without the help of animals . It is very good food, too . Now they have begun to say : “ We make our paper from wood . We can also make food from wood . The next thing is not very difficult . ”
What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper. Scientists say;“We can turn paper into food . It will be good , cheap food too : cheaper than meat or fish or eggs . ”
So please keep your old books and letters . One day , soon , they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast .
6．People live mainly on ______.                   
A．paper          B．plants        C．fish           D．meat
7．Scientists have ______.                    
A．made a lot of paper   B．fed eggs to chickens
C．made food just like meat D．made meat cheaper than food from paper
8．Chickens eat bits of grass . In the sentence “bits of” means _________________________.   
A．a little of    B .lots of  C．big pieces of    D .small pieces of
9．Which of the following is NOT true?           
A．Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants . ”
B．Scientists can make wood into food some day.
C．Scientists can make food from paper some day.
D．Scientists advise us to eat old books and letters at meals .
10．Choose one of the following as the topic for the passage .   
A．Paper----Our Future Food   B．No More Meat in Future
C．Save Old Books for Breakfast  D．Paper----The Best Cat Food 

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Babies love chocolate, and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example . She doesn't like newspapers very much .

Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees , and trees are plants: Vegetables and fruit are plants too, and we eat a lot of them . So can we also eat wood and paper?

Scientists say: “ All food comes in some way from plants. ” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat sea-plants; then bigger fish swim along and eat them . Chickens eat bits of grass and give us eggs . What food does not come from plants in some way?

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants . They can make food just like meat. And they can make it without the help of animals . It is very good food, too . Now they have begun to say : “ We make our paper from wood . We can also make food from wood . The next thing is not very difficult . ”

What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper. Scientists say;“We can turn paper into food . It will be good , cheap food too : cheaper than meat or fish or eggs . ”

So please keep your old books and letters . One day , soon , they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast .

6．People live mainly on ______.                   

A．paper          B．plants        C．fish           D．meat

7．Scientists have ______.                    

A．made a lot of paper   B．fed eggs to chickens

C．made food just like meat D．made meat cheaper than food from paper

8．Chickens eat bits of grass . In the sentence “bits of” means _________________________.   

A．a little of    B .lots of  C．big pieces of    D .small pieces of

9．Which of the following is NOT true?           

A．Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants . ”

B．Scientists can make wood into food some day.

C．Scientists can make food from paper some day.

D．Scientists advise us to eat old books and letters at meals .

10．Choose one of the following as the topic for the passage .   

 A．Paper----Our Future Food   B．No More Meat in Future

C．Save Old Books for Breakfast  D．Paper----The Best Cat Food 

　　Paper was not made in southern Europe until the year 1100.Though Scandinavia now 1 a great deal of the world s paper, it did not begin to make it until 1500. 2 was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from 3 . After that, forest countries, such as Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the United States, became the most important in 4 . Today in Finland, 5 , no industry is bigger than the forest industry. And the 6 industry is the most important part of it.

　　Modern paper-making machines are very big, 7 they make paper very fast. The 8 machines can make a piece of paper 750 metres long and six metres wide in one minute.

　　When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, 9 , and writing paper. But there are many other 10 . Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We 11 paper cups, plates, and dishes for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and 12 beds can be made of paper. The newest thing made of paper in the world may be a paper 13 . It is not a small house for children to 14 , but a real, big house for people to live in. It is not expensive. You can 15 a paper house yourself in a few hours, and you can use it for about 5 years.

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　　Paper was not made in southern Europe until tile year 1100. Though Scandinavia now __1__ a great deal of the world's paper, it did not begin to make it until 1500. __2__ was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from __3__ After that, forest countries, such as Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the United States, became the most important in __4__ Today in Finland, __5__ no industry is bigger than the forest industry. And the __6__ industry is the most important part of it.

　　Modern paper-making machines are very big, __7__ they make paper very fast. The __8__ machines can make a piece of paper 750 metres long and six metres wide in one minute.

　　When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, __9__ , and writing paper. But there are many other __10__. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We __11__ paper cups, plates, and dishes for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and __12__ beds can be made of paper. The newest thing made of paper in the world may be a paper __13__ It is not a small house for children to __14__, but a real, big house for people to live in. It is not expensive. You can __15__ a paper house yourself in a few hours, and you can use it for about 5 years.