In 223 BC Meng Tian (蒙恬) led the army in a war against the Chu Kingdom. In those days, people wrote on silk with a kind of stick pen. The stick pen was very hard and made writing very slow. Meng Tian had to often write a great number of reports about battlefield situation to the Qin ruler. He was frustrated (沮喪的) with the difficulty of writing, so he decided to make improvements.

　　    Between battles, Meng enjoyed hunting. One day, Meng hunted a wild rabbit. It was fat and heavy and its tail left a trail (痕跡) on the ground. Meng suddenly had an idea. He immediately tied the rabbit’s tail to a stick and tried writing with it. But the rabbit’s hair was too oily (多油的) to hold the ink. Meng felt very sad and threw his “rabbit hair brush pen” away into a hole in the rocks.

　　    However, Meng Tian couldn’t accept the failure and continued to spend time wondering how to improve the brush pen. A few days later, he was having a walk outside for some fresh air. By chance, he found again the rabbit hair brush pen that he had thrown away. He picked it up and found that it had changed and was now soft and wet—holding water. Meng Tian got inspiration at once. He put the rabbit hair brush pen back in the ink and found it worked beautifully on silk.

　　56. What did people write with in 223 BC?

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　　57. What was Meng Tian’s hobby between battles?

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　　58. How did Meng Tian feel when he failed to write with the rabbit’s hair?

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　　59. Did Meng Tian succeed in making the brush pen at last?

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　　60. What do you think of Meng Tian? Why do you think so?

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　　參考答案：

　　56. A kind of stick pen.    

　　57. Hunt.    

　　58. He felt very sad.    

　　59. Yes, he did.   

　　60. He is creative. Because he invented the brush pen.

　　答案解析：

　　56. 文中明確提到“In those days, people wrote on silk with a kind of stick pen.”，所以答案是“A kind of stick pen.” 。

　　57. 文中提到“Between battles, Meng enjoyed hunting.”，“enjoy doing sth.”表示喜歡做某事，所以答案是“Hunt.” 。

　　58. 文中說“But the rabbit’s hair was too oily (多油的) to hold the ink. Meng felt very sad and threw his ‘rabbit hair brush pen’ away into a hole in the rocks.”，由此可知答案是“He felt very sad.” 。

　　59. 文中最后描述“He put the rabbit hair brush pen back in the ink and found it worked beautifully on silk.”，這表明蒙恬最終成功制作出了好用的毛筆，所以答案是“Yes, he did.” 。

　　60. 從蒙恬不斷嘗試改進書寫工具并最終成功發明毛筆這一過程，可以看出他具有創新精神和堅持不懈的品質，所以答案是“He is creative. Because he invented the brush pen.” ，強調了他的創造力以及發明毛筆這一成果。

 

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