高一英语阅读理解练习与答案.docxVIP

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( of it was in the English of the day. And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled.  拉丁 ) ,but some One problem was that several letters were written with short vertica