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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 p3. 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.

Norman Bethune  Born in 1890 in Canada. A doctor Came to China in 1937. Died in 1939 in China.

Thomas Edison  Born in 1847, Kentucky, USA Made over 1,000 inventions .Died in 1931.

Celine Dion  Born in Quebec, Canada  In 1997, sang the song My Heart Will Go On for the film    Titanic   A singer.

  Bill Gates    Born in 1955 in USA Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought Owns Microsoft Company.

Mark Twain       Born in 1835 in USA A Writer Died in 1910 Wrote Tom Sawyer

1.Dr Bethune work in China for about _________ years.

A. 2             B. 4            C. 6             D. 8

2.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a __________.

A. book          B. song         C. story          D. film

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Mark Twain wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought.

B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D. Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997.

“Memorize (记住) these words.” “Learn this spelling rule.” “Don’t forget about the exam tomorrow.” You remember things every day, but how do you do it?

?? When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term (短暂的) memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about half a minute. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years. The major reason for forgetting something is because you do not learn it well at the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and right away you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them.

1.You remember things every day, but you also forget things easily because you use _______ remember them.

A. your long-term memory???? B. your short-term memory

C. the telephone book??????? D. your notebook

2.How long does the long-term memory last?

A. About half a minute??? B. About 60 minutes?? C. As long as you live?? D.Through many years

3.Your long-term memory includes _________.

A. only your best friend’s telephone number????

B. all information you read on the newspaper

C. almost everything that you remember through the years

D. the names of the new people you meet for the first time

4.What does the underlined word “dial” mean in Chinese?

A. 拨打???? B. 背诵????? C. 抄写???? D. 默写

5.According to the passage, people forget things mainly because _________.

A. they are too lazy to remember them ????????

B. they don’t have a long-term memory

C. they only have a short-term memory????????

D. they don’t learn them well at the beginning

The following are four kinds of medicine at home. We should know and remember how to use them.