(二)(2025·海安市紫石中学期末)
There are some kinds of tools for writing. Do you know the history of 1.
them
(they)? No one knows exactly who invented pencils or when they were invented. The 2.
first
(one) record (记录) about pencils was from a book by a Swiss in 1565. He said in the book that a pencil was a piece of wood with lead(铅) inside it. However, pencils 3.
weren't
(be not) popular at that time. People preferred(更喜欢) to write with feather pens.
In 1795, people started using another kind of pencil made from graphite(石墨), and it 4.
became
(become) very popular soon.
Later people began to use pens with metal points. But they had to dip(蘸) the point into ink after every few letters. Afterwards, an English man invented a fountain pen that could hold ink inside it. A fountain pen could write a few pages before people had to stop 5.
to put
(put) ink in it again. This made people write more 6.
quickly
(quick).
Later, the Hungarian brothers invented the ballpoint pen. English pilots(飞行员) liked the ballpoint pens very much because ink would leak(漏) out when they 7.
wrote
(write) with fountain pens in airplanes.
China is famous as the home of the brush pen. It is among the 8.
traditional
(tradition) Chinese "Four Treasures of the Study". It was invented by a general(将军) 9.
called
(call) Meng Tian in the Qin Dynasty. At first, the head of the brush was made from rabbit hairs, and later from the hairs of goats, wolves, chickens, mice and other animals. For 10.
centuries
(century), Chinese brush pens have made great contributions(贡献) to Chinese culture. Now primary and middle schools across China ask students to learn to write with a brush pen.