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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(标点符号). 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.
小题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.
小题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
小题3:The underlined word “denounced” in the paragraph means __________.
A.fought againstB.acceptedC.laughed atD.supported
小题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

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
通读全文可知是关于改变世界的一项发明—印刷术。
小题1:A 细节题。根据第一段最后一句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正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第三段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样,能持续时间更长。
小题3:A 猜测词义题。根据后半句because they feared that it would spread bad ideas.可知他们对于这样的技术是持反对态度的,认为它会传播坏的思想。故A正确。
小题4:C 主旨大意题。通读全文可知是关于改变世界的一项发明—印刷术。
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试题【Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith(金匠),took what has already been disco】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
小题1:The writer kicked her husband because __________.
A.she didn’t like him
B.she didn’t like stories
C.he was telling a story he had told before
D.the story he told was not interesting
小题2:What can be inferred from the text?
A.Micheal was kicked three times.
B.Micheal kicked the boss.
C.The boss was kicked twice
D.The boss kicked the author.
小题3:They all chuckled because __________.
A.they kicked each other
B.they changed the subject in the end
C.they were all satisfied with the dinner
D.they all thought each of them had done something interesting
小题4:It took Micheal so long to stop his story because __________.
A.he wanted to finish the whole story
B.he got a kick only after a long while
C.he didn’t understand at once why he was kicked
D.the two kicks given were not heavy enough

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A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  21  my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  __23  .As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!”  I was  24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __ topic.Well, I’d __ 26 change the topic.So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing __30 .It was great.” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of  31 .” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32  !” I couldn’t  _33 __ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do __34__ ”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__  to tears.He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’.It is an  _37__  of surprise.Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ .Since then I have been more  ___50__  with idioms.
小题1:
A.thoughB.whenC.if D.as
小题2:
A.look B.meet C.pick up D.find out
小题3:
A.walk B.talk C.play D.go
小题4:
A.pleased B.angry C.afraid D.surprised
小题5:
A.properB.strange C.safe D.polite
小题6:
A.to B.better C.not D.like
小题7:
A.On B.In C.All D.By
小题8:
A.gone B.visited C.seen D.been
小题9:
A.look at B.think of C.send forD.laugh at
小题10:
A.it B.them C.anything D.something
小题11:
A.interesting B.interest C.interestsD.interested
小题12:
A.Really B.Good C.You don’ t sayD.You are right
小题13:
A.be B.help C.think D.do
小题14:
A.this B.so C.anything D.me a favor
小题15:
A.laughed B.cried C.moved D.came
小题16:
A.explainB.shout C.prove D.say
小题17:
A.experienceB.expressionC.explanation D.example
小题18:
A.for B.to C.at D.in
小题19:
A.me B.myself C.him D.himself
小题20:
A.helpful B.popular C.careful D.satisfied

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A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
小题1:We usually begin to learn our own language by ________ it.
A.speakingB.hearingC.sayingD.teaching
小题2:If you have a good ________ , you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.
A.teacherB.cameraC.memoryD.family
小题3:The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because ______.
A.they are very cleverB.they have good teachers
C.they have more chances to use these languagesD.they have a better life
小题4:Memory is ________ that we write in our mind and carry about.
A.the best diaryB.the best cameraC.a great helpD.a beautiful picture

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Sam, a dog, was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. They did not give the dog up. They found him a very nice home before they moved. They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent a house when they reached their destination.
The Green family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the same neighborhood in California to which they returned. So Sam had been there before, but only for a short time when he was young.
Several months after the Greens left Colorado, after they were comfortably settled back in California, they heard a scratch at the door. They couldn’t imagine who might be there. It never occurred to them that it might be Sam, because they were sure he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado. When they opened the door, the Greens saw a dirty, tired dog with very hurting feet. The animal looked a little bit like Sam, but no one could believe that Sam could have walked 840 miles on his own. The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back.
小题1:The story suggests that _______ .
A.dog owners have trouble rentingB.many people treat their pets badly
C.keeping a dog is easy D.dogs are too much trouble
小题2:Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?
a. Sam walked to California.            b. The Greens moved to Colorado.
c. The Greens left Sam.                d. The Greens returned to California.
e. Sam spent the night under the family car.
A.b, d, c, e, a B.b, c, d, a, e C.a, c, b, e, d D.c, e, d, a, b
小题3:The underlined word “destination” in the first paragraph means _________.
A.the cost of livingB.the country of one’s birth
C.the damage to oneselfD.the place to which one is going
小题4:The Greens knew the dog was Sam ________.
A.because of his hurting feetB.from the color and the markings
C.by the way he walkedD.after he did some tricks

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Roger was a thief,but he wasn"t very clever. When he was in school, he stole apples or oranges from other children. Sometimes he stole pencils or books from other children. But he always got caught.
The teacher spoke to Roger"s parents and they tried to stop him from stealing things, but Roger wouldn"t stop. He kept stealing.
When he was older, he began to steal from stores, but he was still stupid. Once, he went into a store wearing the clothes he had stolen the day before. The still had the price tags(标签) on them, and the store manager called the police. They warned him that he would go to jail if he didn"t stop stealing.
Then Roger decided to rob a bank. He planned everything. He got some gloves so that he would not leave fingerprints, and a mask so that no one would recognize him.
" But what if they recognize my voice?" he thought.
He decided to write his message on a piece of paper so that he wouldn"t need to speak. He found an old envelope and wrote "give me all the money" on the back of it. He got a toy gun and went to the bank. He put on his mask and his gloves( and showed the note to the bank clerk. The clerk gave him all the money, and Roger ran out of the bank and went home.
Ten minutes later he heard a knock on the door. It was the police. They had come to arrest him for robbing the bank.
" How did you find me so quickly?" asked Roger
" It was easy," said the police." Your address was on the envelope!"
小题1:How old was Roger when he started stealing things?
A.10B.40C.70D.22
小题2:What is something Roger did not steal?
A.moneyB.food C.a shirt D.a bicycle
小题3:In this story, the underline word  "recognize"  means __________.
A.knowB.makeC.watchD.understand
小题4:How did the police catch Roger?
A.His friend worked in the bank.B.The clerk knew his voice.
C.They found his picture. D.They knew his address.

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