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. 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】   

本文介绍了木版印刷的历史和它的发展过程。

1.木版印刷在公元4世纪到公元7世纪在中国发明的。

2. 由后面可知，最早的书于868年被出版。

3. page  由木版印刷的介绍可知，最先的木版印刷对每一本书的每一页都需要一个新木块。

4.随着木版印刷的发展，在11世纪之前，这些印刷的书在中国到处都能发现。

5. 由后面可知，表示两种颜色。

6.句意：尽管中国人了解印刷如此早，但印刷数百年来没有传到世界别的地方去。由句意可知，表示让步，用although引导。

7. 马可•波罗来到中国看到了印刷的书。

8. 由上文可知，欧洲的印刷书可能是马可•波罗把这种学问带去的。

9.  not…until直到……才。

10. 由句意可知，在1450年，名叫Johann Gutenberg的德国人发明了印刷机器。