Ⅳ. (2025徐州铜山区期中)还原短文6选5（古代发明）
The brush pen, one of the “Four Treasures of the Study”, was invented(发明) thousands of years ago. However, the oldest pen was just a stick or a piece of bamboo. 20.
It is said that Meng Tian, a general(将军) of the Kingdom of Qin, made the pen use better. When Meng and his army fought against the Kingdom of Chu, he had to report his situation to his king in time. 21. So he was thinking of ways to change it.
One day after hunting, Meng went home with some wild rabbits on the horse back. He saw a rabbit’s tail leaving a long trail(痕迹) on the ground. 22. “If I tie the rabbit’s hair to a stick, would it be easy to write with?”
After arriving home, he tied the rabbit’s hair to a stick and tried writing with it. 23. Meng was so sad that he threw it away into a stone hole in the yard.
However, Meng never gave up and kept trying all the time. A few rainy days later, he found the pen he threw away fatter in the stone hole. He picked it up with hope. The brush worked beautifully on silk. It was amazing that the special water had cleaned the oil from the hair. 24.
Today, teachers teach students to use the brush pens in school. It makes their life more colourful and helps them understand Chinese culture better.
A. Meng bought a brush pen.
B. Meng succeeded(成功) at last.
C. But the rabbit’s hair didn’t write well.
D. Suddenly, a good idea came to his mind.
E. But his pen was too hard and caused him much trouble.
F. It was difficult for people to write well on thin silk.