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大学英语四级真题详解+全真预测
1.33.4 Part Ⅳ  Translation
Part Ⅳ Translation

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The kite,a Chinese invention,has been praised as the forerunner of the modern airplane.In the aircraft pavilion of the National Aeronautics and Space Museum,Washington D.C.,a plaque says,“The earliest aircraft are the kites and missiles of China.”The earliest Chinese kites were made of wood and called muyuan(wooden kites);they date back as far as the Warring States Period(475-221 B.C.)at least two millennia ago.After the invention of paper,kites were made of the new material and called zhiyuan(paper kites).