高一英语阅读理解练习及答案(8757).pdfVIP

1 Before the print was brought to England in 1476, everything was written by hand. The few people who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church. Those who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes(抄写员)。 The work of scribes was not easy. Much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the King. the church and traders. Most of the writing was in Latin(拉丁) ,but some of it was in the English of the day. And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled. One problem was that several letters were written with short vertical strok （竖笔） that all looked like each other. Among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, Thus .five straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii. As a result .reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry. The scribes solved(解决)the problem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came before m. n or v. This is how sum and cum came lo be written as some and come. At some point, too, the scribes seemed to have decided that no English word should be ended by u or v. Thus, in time an e was added to such words as live, have, due and true. It was added, but not pronounced. 36. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Everything has been written by hand in English since 1476. B. More than 500 years ago no people made a living by writing for other people. C. The church set up schools to train scribes before 1476. 1 D. Scribes in England worked only for kings and traders. 37. Which of the following is false? A. Often the scribes had to work with great speed. B. The spelling of some English words was changed. D. Some scribes of the day were quite sure about the spelli