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The compass (指南针): The compass was invented by the Chinese. It has had a great effect as one of the best navigation (航海) helpers. The first compass was called a “south-pointing fish”. 36. ______ In this bowl was a wooden fish which contained a piece of metal.
Gunpowder: Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, too. 37. ______ The Chinese used gunpowder for peaceful purpose at first, such as making flare (火光) and fireworks. They also used it in medicine and other fields. However, they started making war rockets in the sixth century, more than 800 years before the introduction of the gun in Europe.
Paper: Paper had been put to use in China by the year 200 BC. 38. ______ At that time, people were using wooden boards or bamboo to write on. Writing on those materials required a lot of time and effort. 39. ______ Later, silk and cotton were also used for writing, but these were very expensive. To solve this problem, Cai Lun did a lot of experiments. Finally, he made paper.
Printing: The invention of printing depended on the invention and improvement of paper over several centuries. The Chinese once developed rag paper. 40. ______ The secret of the technology was brought to Europeans in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
A. It was developed by a Chinese man named Cai Lun.
B. Before that, Chinese characters were carved on pieces of bone or turtle shell.
C. Later, Chinese prisoners passed the technology on to the Arab soldiers in the eighth century.
D. It was a mixture of several kinds of chemical materials.
E. It was mainly made up of a wooden bowl filled with water.
36.E 37.D 38.A 39.B 40.C

答案： 36.E 37.D 38.A 39.B 40.C