Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith(金匠)，took what has already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Johann Gutenberg made the invention, but once books became less expensive, more Europeans could read and write.
Block printing existed long before Gutenberg. The Chinese had been using wood blocks to print books as early as 868, but a new set of woodcuts(木刻印版) had to be made for each book. Producing one book was not easy; producing all kinds of books was more difficult.
Writing ink dates from about 2500 BC in Egypt and China. Johann Gutenberg use an oil-base printing ink that would last longer than other inks used in his time. We don’t know much about Gutenberg because he was not famous during his lifetime. He was born in Germany about 1400. In 1448, Gutenberg developed signatures for each number, letter, and punctuation mark(標點符號). He then built the molds (模型) to hold the signatures in place. Johann Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book: a 1,282 page Bible. To this day, more copies of the Bible have been printed the any other book.
Copies of Gutenberg’s invention spread throughout Europe, but the German goldsmith did not get rich from his invention. Some officials denounced the invention of printing because they feared that it would spread bad ideas. By 1500 there 1,700 printing presses in Europe. The presses had already produced about 20 million volumes of 40,000 different books.
小題1:What happened after Johann Gutenberg’s invention?
A．People could afford to read books.
B．People became interested in inventing.
C．It was still difficult to print all kinds of books.
D．Punctuation mark began to be used in printing.
小題2:Compared with block printing in China, Johann Gutenberg’s method __________.
A．was difficult to run.B．needed harder paper
C．used a new kind of inkD．was put into use earlier
小題3:The underlined word “denounced” in the paragraph means __________.
A．fought againstB．a(chǎn)cceptedC．laughed atD．supported
小題4:What is the best title for the passage?
A．A famous 1,282 page Bible
B．The life of a famous inventor
C．An invention that changed history
D．The development of printing

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
通讀全文可知是關于改變世界的一項發(fā)明—印刷術。
小題1:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Few people could read before Johann Gutenberg made the invention, but once books became less expensive, more Europeans could read and write.可知A正確。
小題2:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段Writing ink dates from about 2500 BC in Egypt and China. Johann Gutenberg use an oil-base printing ink that would last longer than other inks used in his time.可知他使用的墨水很不一樣，能持續(xù)時間更長。
小題3:A 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)后半句because they feared that it would spread bad ideas.可知他們對于這樣的技術是持反對態(tài)度的，認為它會傳播壞的思想。故A正確。
小題4:C 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知是關于改變世界的一項發(fā)明—印刷術。
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