Question

Reading Comprehension

　　Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter．

　　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 p　　3　　 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

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解析：

　　1．century　木版印刷在公元4世紀(jì)到公元7世紀(jì)在中國(guó)發(fā)明的。

　　2．published　由后面可知，最早的書(shū)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(duì)每一本書(shū)的每一頁(yè)都需要一個(gè)新木塊。

　　4．found　隨著木版印刷的發(fā)展，在11世紀(jì)之前，這些印刷的書(shū)在中國(guó)到處都能發(fā)現(xiàn)。

　　5．colors　由后面可知，表示兩種顏色。

　　6．Although　句意：盡管中國(guó)人了解印刷如此早，但印刷數(shù)百年來(lái)沒(méi)有傳到世界別的地方去。由句意可知，表示讓步，用although引導(dǎo)。

　　7．saw　馬可·波羅來(lái)到中國(guó)看到了印刷的書(shū)。

　　8．knowledge　由上文可知，歐洲的印刷書(shū)可能是馬可·波羅把這種學(xué)問(wèn)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(guó)人發(fā)明了印刷機(jī)器。