There was a traveller who was wet and cold because he had ridden in the rain．At last he got to a country inn．The inn(酒馆)was so crowded(拥挤)with people that he could not get near the fire．So he called to the inn keeper, “Take some fish to my horse!” The inn keeper answered, “ But the horse doesn’t eat fish．” The traveller then said, “ Never mind, do it as I tell you．” The crowd of people, hearing this strange order, ran out to see the horse eat fish．The traveller, now having the whole room to himself, sat down beside the fire and got himself warm．

　　When the inn keeper came back with the crowd of people, he said, “Your horse wouldn’t eat fish．” The traveller answered, “ Never mind, put it on the table, and when I have dried my clothes, I will have it myself．”

　　Fill in the blanks according to the passage．Only one word for each blank．

　　A traveller was riding in the rain, so he was wet and cold．When he 　　1　　 a country inn, there were already lots of people in it．He wanted to 　　2　　 his clothes．But it was 　　3　　 to get near the fire．Then he had a good idea．He asked the keeper to take some fish to his horse．The people in the room all felt 　　4　　 and ran out to see the horse eat fish．The traveller stayed in the room 　　5　　 and got himself warm．

Reading Comprehension

　　Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter．

　　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 p　　3　　 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．