Question

Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th c 1. in Chi­na. The earliest book that we have was p 2. in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p3. in z book. By the 1 Ith century printed books could be f 4.all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed u-sing two c   5. , black and red.

A 6. 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 7.printed books. It is possible that Marco Po­lo brought that k 8. to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe u 9.1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg i 10. 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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1. century 

2. published 

3. page 

4. found 

5. colors 

6. Although

7. saw 

8. knowledge

9. until 

10. invented 

【解析】【文章大意】   

本文介紹了木版印刷的歷史和它的發(fā)展過程。

1.木版印刷在公元4世紀到公元7世紀在中國發(fā)明的。

2. 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.隨著木版印刷的發(fā)展，在11世紀之前，這些印刷的書在中國到處都能發(fā)現(xiàn)。

5. 由后面可知，表示兩種顏色。

6.句意：盡管中國人了解印刷如此早，但印刷數(shù)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. 馬可•波羅來到中國看到了印刷的書。

8. 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.  not…until直到……才。

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