高一英语阅读理解练习及答案.docx

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BeforetheprintwasbroughttoEnglandin1476,everythingwaswrittenbyhand.Thefewpeoplewhoknewhowtowriteweretrainedinschoolssetupbythechurch.Thosewhomadealivingbywritingforotherpeoplewerecalledscribes(抄写员)。

Theworkofscribeswasnoteasy.MuchofithadtobedonefastinordertomeettheneedsoftheKing.thechurchandtraders.MostofthewritingwasinLatin(拉丁),butsomeofitwasintheEnglishoftheday.AndnoonewasquitesurehowsomeEnglishwordsshouldbespelled.

Oneproblemwasthatseveralletterswerewrittenwithshortverticalstrok （竖笔）thatalllookedlikeeachother.Amongthemweretheletters,i,u,v,mandn,Thus.fivestraightlinesinarowmightstandforuninuiuviormii.

Asaresult.readingwassometimesdifficult,especiallywhenthewritingwasdoneinahurry.

Thescribessolved(解决)theprobleminpart,bychangingtheletterutoowhenitcamebeforem.norv.

Thisishowsumandcumcamelobewrittenassomeandcome.

Atsomepoint,too,thescribesseemedtohavedecidedthatnoEnglishwordshouldbeendedbyuorv.Thus,intimeanewasaddedtosuchwordsaslive,have,dueandtrue.Itwasadded,butnotpronounced.

Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

EverythinghasbeenwrittenbyhandinEnglishsince1476.

Morethan500yearsagonopeoplemadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.

Thechurchsetupschoolstotrainscribesbefore1476.

ScribesinEnglandworkedonlyforkingsandtraders.

Whichofthefollowingisfalse?

Oftenthescribeshadtoworkwithgreatspeed.

ThespellingofsomeEnglishwordswaschanged.

D.SomescribesofthedaywerequitesureaboutthespellingofmanyEnglishwords.

Sometimespeoplecouldn’treadeasily .

becausethereweretoomanyu’sandv’sinsonicEnglishwords

becausemostofthewritingwasinLatin

whenthewritingwasinEnglish

Whentilewritingwasdonehurriedly

Thescribeschangedubefor