题目内容
The development of industry has been ______ gradual process throughout ______ human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.
- A.不填;the
- B.the;a
- C.a; 不填
- D.a; a
试题分析:考察冠词。本题第一空后的名词process过程,这是一个可数名词,使用a泛指一种渐进的过程。第二空后的名词human existence是一个抽象名词,要单独使用,不需要冠词。句意:在人类的存在过程中,从石器年代到现代科技时代,工业的发展一直以来都是一个渐进的过程。故C正确。
考点:考察冠词
点评:冠词的考查集中在定冠词the表示特指,不定冠词a/an表示泛指;以及冠词的一些特殊用法和固定词组,还有一些不使用冠词的情况,如抽象名词,物质名词前面就不要冠词。还要掌握冠词的特殊的用法,如不可数名词变成可数名词;抽象名词具体化等。
Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith (金匠), took what had 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 Guttenberg 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. Gutenberg used an oil-based 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. Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book: a 1,282 page Bible. To this day, more copies of the Bible have been printed than 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 were 1,700 printing presses in Europe. The presses had already produced about 20 million volumes (册) 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. |
A.was difficult to run |
B.needed harder paper |
C.used a new kind of ink |
D.was put into use earlier |
A.fought against | B.accepted |
C.laughed at | D.supported |
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 |