Question

    For thousands of years books were written by hand. In early printing, each work was hand carved. Few people could ever own books because they were too expensive. For this reason most people never learned to read. The improvements in printing helped make more books. The printers found a way to make moveable type for the printing press. Single letters could then be put together into words and words could be put together to form a page. This method was much easier than hand carving each word of a page. Printers began to print more, and books were more readily available. People began to read.

1．Few people could own books because ________.

A．they were owned by kings

B．few people could read

C．they were very expensive

D．all of the above

2．which of the following improvement in printing made books more available.

A．More men were trained as printers.

B．Moveable type was developed.

C．More people learned to read.

D．Each word was hand carved.

 

Answer 1

答案：1C2B
提示：

1.　　　　 主要原因是没有发明活字印刷，每本书都要整版刻好再印刷，所以非常昂贵 2.　　　　 第四行中提到活字印刷的发明使得书籍成本降低