Reading passages

63- As explained in the passage, the real 
professional skills ............. .
A) were taught during the university years 
B) were normally acquired through a period of 
apprenticeship 
C) gained importance in the universities only after 
1600 
D) were acquired by nearly all university students 
E) were taught only to the children of nobility. 
 Paper has been known in one form or another 
from very early times. The papyrus reeds of the
Nile swamps served the ancient Egyptians for 
sheets upon which to inscribe their records. The 
Chinese and Japanese, centuries later, were using 
something more akin to modern paper. In 
substance, an Asiatic paper mulberry, yielding a 
smooth fibrous material, was being utilised. With 
the spread of learning in Western Europe, the 
necessity of a readier medium made itself felt, and 
paper began to be manufactured from pulped 
rags and other substances. Other papermaking 
staples were later introduced, such as linen cotton 
and wood pulp. The chief raw material in the 
world paper industry now is wood pulp, the main 
exporters being the timber growing countries of 
Canada, Sweden and Finland.
 
64- We can understand from the passage that, 
throughout the history, paper ............. .
A) has played a vital role in the advancement of 
learning 
B) has been a major expert item for Asian 
countries, and for China in particular 
C) has been produced a wide range from materials 
D) has been valued as a means of communication 
more in the West than in the East 
E) has largely been used for documentation rather 
than for learning 

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