8.Tech Breakthrough on Nib(筆尖) to Help China's Ballpoint Industry
With an annual production of 40billion ballpoint pens,Chinese ballpoint pen companies could finally end its total dependence on imports of high standard steel for pen nib as breakthrough technology on the part has been proven a success.
Beifa,a leading stationery brand in China,is testing out some pen refills (筆芯) made with"pen nib steel"for the sixth round.The refills have to be capable of writing 800 meters without a break under the same writing angle to pass the test.
Some other stationery brands like TrueColor have also started using the steel in their products.
The steel is likely to replace imported materials completely in two years.
Currently,more than 40billion ballpoint pens are produced in China annually by more than 3,000companies and 200,000workers.
The secret"pen nib steel"
A ballpoint is made up of a ball and a ball seat.The latter is the difficult part to produce,as the seat can only be made out of steel that is easy to cut but resistant to break while it is being made.
The core technique in producing such high-standard steel has been an industry secret only known to a small number of countries,including Japan and Switzerland.
China has to pay 15million US dollars every year to import more than 1,000tones of such steel for production.
But the situation is expected to change after China's Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co.figured out the production technique of"the pen nib steel"four months ago-that is,five years after the country started a ballpoint project,with Taigang as the leading participant.
Wang Huimian,a senior engineer with Taigang,said micro-elements are essential in turning raw steel into"pen nib steel"with perfect performance.To work out the right proportion of different elements,Wang said,Taigang's research team has conducted a massive number of experiments as they had no examples to follow or refer to.
After repeated failures,the company finally achieved success in a test in September 2016and later produced the first batch (批次) of pen nib steel with a diameter of 2.3mm.
63.What is the breaking news?B
A.40 billion ballpoint pens were produced last year.
B.High standard steel brought Tech breakthrough on nib.
C.Beifa has tried out some pen refills in"pen nib steel".
D.More high quality steel has been imported abroad.
64.What promoted the independence of China's ballpoint industry?B
A.The government put lots of money to the production of steel.
B.Taigang got the core technique and produced the needed steel.
C.Taigang got to know the importance of high-standard steel.
D.The government negotiated with Switzerland and bought their Tech.
65.Which of the following can best describe the underlined word"resistant"?D
A.a(chǎn)vailable B.convenient C.harmful D.difficult
66.What can we learn from the process of making this breakthrough?A
A.Where there is a will,there is a way.
B.West and East,home is the best.
C.A good turn deserves a good one back.
D.Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
分析 文章講述了中國圓珠筆制造行業(yè)在筆芯的鋼鐵材料上取得巨大的突破,并重點介紹了Taigang公司在此過程中付出的努力.
解答 63.B 64.B 65.D 66.A
63.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第一段Chinese ballpoint pen companies could finally end its total dependence on imports of high standard steel for pen nib as breakthrough technology on the part has been proven a success.可知,中國圓珠筆公司研發(fā)一種高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的用來制作筆芯的鋼鐵,這是技術(shù)的一大成功的突破,故選B.
64.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.在文章中The core technique in producing such high-standard steel has been an industry secret only known to a small number of countries這句話得知Taigang掌握了生產(chǎn)如此高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)鋼鐵的核心技術(shù),從而使中國圓珠筆行業(yè)獨立,故選B.
65.D 猜測詞意題.句子A ballpoint is made up of a ball and a ball seat.The latter is the difficult part to produce圓珠筆是由球和球座組成,但是后者是制作中比較難的,故猜測"resistant"是"困難的",故選D.
66.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.在文章最后一段After repeated failures,the company finally achieved success in a test 可知,失敗很多次后,公司最終取得成功,故告訴我們"有志者 事竟成".
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