1 . It was two thousand years ago____the Chinese began to make paper.______everybody knows, paper was one of the most important______in Chinese history. It is because of the invention that______Chinese history was kept. However, in_______parts of the world, much of the history over hundreds of years is_______because they had no paper in these countries.

Can you______that ancient Chinese people______records by putting many stones together in the old times? As soon as writing was developed, words were______on animal bones, later on metal pots; examples of these have been______from the 16th to the third century BC.______the second and the fifth centuries A. D. words were written on pieces of bamboo or wood. Maybe you have seen the earliest books, which were made______pieces of bamboo or wood______words were written.

About 2,000 year______another kind of paper was______,which was made from ____. It was much easier to write and draw on it than______. But it was too expensive so people made a kind of paper from the fibers of plants,______the outside of trees, pieces of old clothes and so on. This kind of paper was as good as silk but much ____ .

In the first century the making of paper had been well developed in China. In the 18th century a paper-making______was built in the Middle East. And later on, Spain, Russia and America began to make paper as well.