Question

Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th c 56 in Chi?na. The earliest book that we have was p 57 in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p 58 in z book. By the 1 Ith century printed books could be f 59 all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed u-sing two c　 60 , black and red.

A 61 the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he s 62 printed books. It is possible that Marco Po?lo brought that k 63 to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe u 64 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg i 65 a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.

56. c_____57. p_____ 58. p_____59. f_____ 60. c_____

61. A_____ 62. s_____ 63. k_____ 64. u_____ 65. i_____

Answer 1

答案： 【文章大意】   

本文介紹了木版印刷的歷史和它的發展過程。

1. century  木版印刷在公元4世紀到公元7世紀在中國發明的。

2. published  由后面可知，最早的書于868年被出版。

3. page  由木版印刷的介紹可知，最先的木版印刷對每一本書的每一頁都需要一個新木塊。

4. found  隨著木版印刷的發展，在11世紀之前，這些印刷的書在中國到處都能發現。

5. colors  由后面可知，表示兩種顏色。

6. Although  句意：盡管中國人了解印刷如此早，但印刷數百年來沒有傳到世界別的地方去。由句意可知，表示讓步，用although引導。

7. saw  馬可•波羅來到中國看到了印刷的書。

8. knowledge  由上文可知，歐洲的印刷書可能是馬可•波羅把這種學問帶去的。

9. until  not…until直到……才。

10. invented  由句意可知，在1450年，名叫Johann Gutenberg的德國人發明了印刷機器。