What is the passage about papermaking mainly about?
Before paper was invented, people wrote on clay tablets, stone, bamboo strips or animal skins. These materials were heavy, expensive or hard to make. According to Chinese records, an official named Cai Lun presented a new kind of paper to the emperor in the year 105. It was made from tree bark, old rags and fishing nets pounded into a pulp, spread on a screen and left to dry. The knowledge of papermaking spread slowly westward. In the eighth century, Muslim craftsmen in Samarkand and later in Baghdad set up paper mills. Paper was cheaper than parchment, and its spread helped books to be copied and shared in large numbers.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. How paper was invented and how its use spread
- Step 1: The passage describes the invention of paper and its spread to the west.
Answer
How paper was invented and how its use spread.
Why not the others: Why parchment was always better than paper for books, The life and family of the emperor of China and How clay tablets were made and used in schools do not fit.
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