【題目】Johannes Gutenberg was chosen to be the most important figure of the past millennium（千年）by the media. You may not be familiar with him.【1】Gutenberg is praised for having invented the printing press and therefore preparing the way for printing books.

He was born into a wealthy family in the city of Mainz,Germany.In 1428,he moved to Strasbourg and lived there for almost 20 years.【2】

Gutenberg used his skills in metalwork for the mass production of books.【3】That means that each copy of the Catholic Bible and all of its 73 books were painstakingly handwritten by penmen.Gutenberg fashioned a font（字體）of over 300 characters,far larger than the fonts of today.To make this possible,he invented the variable-width mold（模具）and perfected the mixture of materials used by type factories up to the present century.

【4】Between 1450 and 1455,while preparing to produce a large Latin Bible,Gutenberg is thought to have printed a number of smaller books,a calendar,and so on.The Bible of 42 Lines,the oldest surviving printed book in the Western world,was completed by August 15,1456.

The discovery of the modem printing press changed the way information was delivered.【5】

Even today in the computer age,we rely heavily on the printed word or text for instruction,information,and for the pleasure of reading literature.

A.Gutenberg made the world a much richer place.

B.But he has certainly influenced your life in some ways.

C.Gutenberg's idea was one of the greatest of all mankind.

D.By 1450,Gutenberg was back in Mainz at work on a printing press.

E.This invention was also responsible for educating the masses worldwide.

F.Before the spread of Gutenberg's idea,literature was primarily handwritten.

G.It was in Strasbourg that he probably made his first experiments with moveable type.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】G

【3】F

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】印刷機(jī)的發(fā)明人約翰內(nèi)斯·古登堡被媒體選為過(guò)去一千年里最重要的人物。

【1】考查對(duì)上下文語(yǔ)境的理解。空前句意：你可能并不熟悉他�？蘸缶湟�：Gutenberg因?yàn)榘l(fā)明了印刷機(jī)而得到贊揚(yáng)。可知這里用B.But he has certainly influenced your life in some ways.（但是他確實(shí)在一些方面影響了你的生活。）符合上下文。故選B。

【2】考查對(duì)上下文語(yǔ)境的理解�？涨熬湟猓�1428年，他搬去Strasbourg，在那里他住了將近20年�？芍@里用G.It was in Strasbourg that he probably made his first experiments with moveable type. （正式在Strasbourg，他可能用活字印刷做了他的第一次試驗(yàn)。）符合句意。故選G。

【3】考查對(duì)上下文語(yǔ)境的理解。空前句意：Gutenberg為書(shū)籍的大量生產(chǎn)使用他對(duì)金屬制品的技能。空后句意：那就意味著每本天主教圣經(jīng)以及所有的73本書(shū)全部都是penmen精心手寫(xiě)的。可知這里F（在Gutenberg的方法傳播之前，文學(xué)著作主要都是手寫(xiě)的。）符合上下文。故選F。

【4】考查對(duì)上下文語(yǔ)境的理解�？蘸缶湟猓涸�1450到1455年之間，準(zhǔn)備出版一本大的拉丁圣經(jīng)時(shí)，,Gutenberg被認(rèn)為已經(jīng)印刷了很多更小的書(shū)，一本日歷等等�？芍@里用D（到1450年為止，Gutenberg回到Mainz致力于印刷機(jī)的工作。）符合句意。故選D。

【5】考查對(duì)上下文語(yǔ)境的理解�？涨熬湟猓含F(xiàn)代印刷機(jī)的發(fā)現(xiàn)改變了信息的傳遞方式�？芍@里用E（這項(xiàng)發(fā)明也對(duì)全世界的大眾教育起到積極作用。）符合上下文。故選E。

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