B4说明文【英语卷(解析)·届河北省衡水中学高三小一调考试(08)扫描版】完形填空(共20小题;每小题1
5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的ABCD四个选项,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Inthe1450sJohannesGutenberg,aGennanprinter,developedanewprintingpress(印刷机)
Thensingleletterscouldbe__41____inlinestocreateapageoftext
Thelettersweremadeofmetal
Eachonecouldbe___42___todifferentpartsofthepress,dependingonwhichwordswere___43____onacertainpage
Thiswasoneofthemostimportant___44_____inthehistoryofpringting
___45____,mostbookshadbeencreatedbycopyingouttextbyhand
The__46__ofasinglebookwouldtakemanyhoursorevendays
WiththeGutenbergpress,___47___couldbeprinttedinseveralseconds,andmanycopiesofbookscouldbecreatedinafewhours
Gutenberg'sprintingpresswasnotsomuchani___48____,however,asanimprovementofdevelopingtechnologies
TheChinesewerethefirsttousewoodenblocks(木刻版),asearlyas