Question

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

Wood-block printing was   56  （发明）sometime   57   （之间）4^th and the 7^thcentury in China.The earliest book that we have was printed in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every page in a book. Later printed books could be found all over China. They included books of Confucius’   58      (思想), dictionaries, and books    59    (关于) maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two     60    (颜色), black and red. Although the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for   61   (百) of years. It is said that when the great Italian traveller Marco Polo visited China, he saw printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that    62   (知识) to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe   63    (直到) 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg made a printing    64   (机器). In 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His   65   (第二) book was about the game of chess.

Answer 1

56  invented  57  between 58  thoughts   59 on / about  60colors /colours

61. hundreds  62 knowledge 63  until      64  machine  65 second