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OFFICIAL49 Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points. The invention of movable type was an important technological development both in Europe and worldwide

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Nothing divided the medieval world in Europe more decisively from the Early Modern period than printing with movable type. It was a German invention and the culmination of a complex process. The world of antiquity had recorded its writings mainly on papyrus. Between 200 B.C and A.D 300, this was supplemented by vellum, calf skin treated and then smoothed by pumice stone. To this in late Roman times was added parchment, similarly made from the smoothed skin of sheep or goats. In the early Middle Ages, Europe imported an industrial process from China, which turned almost any kind of fibrous material into pulp that was then spread in sheets. This was known as cloth parchment. By about 1150, the Spanish had developed the first mill for making cheap paper (a word contracted from "papyrus", which became the standard term). One of the most important phenomena of the later Middle Ages was the growing availability of cheap paper. Even in England, where technology lagged far behind, a sheet of paper, or eight octavo pages, cost only a penny by the fifteenth century.

In the years 1446-1448, two German goldsmiths, Johannes Gutenberg and Johann Fust, made use of cheap paper to introduce a critical improvement in the way written pages were reproduced. Printing from wooden blocks was the old method; what the Germans did was to invent movable type for the letterpress. It had three merits: it could be used repeatedly until worn out; it was cast in metal from a mold and so could be renewed without difficulty; and it made lettering uniform. In 1450, Gutenberg began work on his Bible, the first printed book, known as the Gutenberg. It was completed in 1455 and is a marvel. As Gutenberg, apart from getting the key idea, had to solve a lot of practical problems, including imposing paper and ink into the process and the actual printing itself, for which he adapted the screw press used by winemakers, it is amazing that his first product does not look at all rudimentary. Those who handle it are struck by its clarity and quality.

Printing was one of those technical revolutions that developed its own momentum at extraordinary speed. Europe in the fifteenth century was a place where intermediate technology - that is, workshops with skilled craftspeople - was well established and spreading fast, especially in Germany and Italy. Such workshops were able to take on printing easily, and it thus became Europe's first true industry. The process was aided by two factors: the new demand for cheap classical texts and the translation of the Latin Bible into "modern" languages. Works of reference were also in demand. Presses sprang up in several German cities, and by 1470, Nuremberg, Germany had established itself as the center of the international publishing trade, printing books from 24 presses and distributing them at trade fairs all over western and central Europe. The old monastic scriptoria-monastery workshops where monks copied texts by hand-worked closely alongside the new presses, continuing to produce the luxury goods that movable-type printing could not yet supply. Printing, however, was primarily aimed at a cheap mass sale.

Although there was no competition between the technologies, there was rivalry between nations. The Italians made energetic and successful efforts to catch up with Germany. Their most successful scriptorium quickly imported two leading German printers to set up presses in their book-producing shop. German printers had the disadvantage of working with the complex typeface that the Italians sneeringly referred to as "Gothic" and that later became known as black letter. Outside Germany, readers found this typeface disagreeable. The Italians, on the other hand, had a clear typeface known as roman that became the type of the future.

Hence, although the Germans made use of the paper revolution to introduce movable type, the Italians went far to regain the initiative by their artistry. By 1500 there were printing firms in 60 German cities, but there were 150 presses in Venice alone. However, since many nations and governments wanted their own presses, the trade quickly became international. The cumulative impact of this industrial spread was spectacular. Before printing, only the very largest libraries, of which there were a dozen in Europe, had as many as 600 books. The total number of books on the entire Continent was well under 100,000. But by 1500, after only 45 years of the printed book, there were 9 million in circulation.

14.Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points. The invention of movable type was an important technological development both in Europe and worldwide

A.The industrial process for mass paper production was first introduced in the early fifteenth century

B.The Gutenberg Bible was the result of combined technologies in the mass production of paper and the newly invented manufacture of movable type

C.The increased need for classical texts and reference books along with the existence of an established workshop system stimulated rapid growth in the printing trade

D.The mechanized production of books in the fifteenth century is the first instance of a modern industry in Europe

E.Hand-copied texts continued to be in as great demand as printed books in fifteenth-century Germany and Italy

F.Printed works were located primarily in libraries at the end of the fifteenth century because they were still too expensive for mass sale

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【题目翻译】 问题:说明:下文提供了一个介绍性句子,以便对本文作一个简短的总结。通过选择三个表达文章中最重要观点的选项来完成总结。有些句子不属于摘要,因为它们表达了文章中没有提到的观点,或者是文章中的次要观点。这个问题值两分。活字印刷术的发明是欧洲乃至世界范围内的一项重要技术发展 选项: A:用于大量生产纸张的工业工艺最早是在15世纪初引进的 B:古腾堡圣经是大规模生产纸张和新发明的活字印刷术相结合的产物 C:对经典文本和参考书的需求增加,加上建立了车间制度,刺激了印刷贸易的迅速增长 D:十五世纪书籍的机械化生产是欧洲现代工业的第一个实例 E:在15世纪的德国和意大利,手工抄写的书籍仍然和印刷书籍一样畅销 F:印刷作品在15世纪末主要存放在图书馆里,因为它们仍然太贵而不能大量出售 【判定题型】:根据问题的提问方式和6选3的作答方式可以确定该题目为概要小结题。 【选项定位及分析】 A 选项根据第1段中的这三句话 In the early Middle Ages, Europe imported an industrial process from China.... s the growing availability of cheap paper,表达错误,所以排除。 B 选项对应第2段内容,正确。 C选项对应第3段内容,正确。 D选项对应第4段内容,正确。 E 选项 根据第3段最后两句话意思,表达错误,所以排除。 F选项 根据第5段最后三句话意思,表达错误,所以排除。

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