Question

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卷的相应位置。每个词限用一次。(每小题1分)

color, until, paint, find, knowledge, page, century, culture, invent, one, early, publish

    It’s said that Wood-block printing(木版印刷) was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th  1.

  in China. The earliest book 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  3.

in a book. By the 11th century printed books could be  4. all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two   5.  - black and red. Although the Chinese learnt about printing so 6.  , 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 saw printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that   7. to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe 8. 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg   9. a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the   10. 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.was published

3.page

4.found

5.colors

6.early

7.knowledge

8.until

9.invented

10.first

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是印刷术的历史，最早的印刷术出现在中国，第一本印制的书籍也出现在中国，后来印刷术被传播到了世界上的其他国家。

1.句意：据说木版印刷是在4世纪到7世纪期间的中国被发明的。century 世纪，应与序数词连用。由下文By the 11th century可猜测填century。

2.句意：最早的书出版于868年，是在敦煌的山洞里被发现的。本句中的主语the earliest book 和动词publish之间是被动的关系，所以应用被动语态，而句意表示的又是过去，因此填was published。

3.句意：木版印刷需要花费很长时间，因为每一页书都需要用一个新的木版。page 页。

4.句意：到11世纪的时候，全中国都有这种木版印刷的书。found 发现，找到。

5.句意：在1340年，书可以使用两种颜色来印刷，黑色和红色。根据下句中的black and red 可知，这里是说两种颜色，故填colors。

6.句意：虽然中国人很早就了解了印刷术，但是在几百年间，它并没有传播到世界上的其他国家。early 早的。由文意可知中国人很早就掌握了印刷的技术。

7.句意：可能是马可波罗把这种知识传到了欧洲。knowledge 知识，在这里指的是印刷术。

8.句意：但是印制的书籍直到1450年才传到欧洲。not…until 直到……时候，才……。

9.句意：直到1450年一个叫Johann Gutenberg的德国人发明了印刷机，印制的书籍才传到了欧洲。invent 发明。因为印刷机是1450年被发明的，故用一般过去时。

10.句意：24年后，1474年，一个叫William Caxton的英国人印制了第一本英语书。the first 第一本。因为下一句提到了His second book was about…他的第二本书，故此处应为第一本。

考点：阅读填空。