2.Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. "Ori" is the Japanese word for folding and "kami" is the Japanese word forpaper. That is how origami got its name. However, origami did not start in Japan. It began in China in the first orsecond century and then spread to Japan sometime during the sixth century.
  
As easier paper making methods were developed, paper became less expensive. Origami became a popular art foreveryone, no matter if they were rich or poor. However, the Japanese people have always been very careful not to wasteanything.

 Today, master paperfolders are in many places around the world. Akira Yoshizawa of Japan is one of these. He isconsidered the "father of modern origami" because of his creative paper folding.

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【題組】4.Which century did paper folding spread to Japan?
(A) the first
(B) the fifth
(C) the second
(D) the sixth.