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1、H BeforetheprintwasbroughttoEnglandin1476,everythingwaswrittenbyhand.Thefewpeoplewhoknewhowtowriteweretrainedinschoolssetupbythechurch.Thosewhomadealivingbywritingforotherpeoplewerecalledscribes(抄写员)。 Theworkofscribeswasnoteasy.Muchofithadtobedonefastin
2、ordertomeettheneedsoftheKing.thechurchandtraders.MostofthewritingwasinLatin(拉丁),butsomeofitwasintheEnglishoftheday.AndnoonewasquitesurehowsomeEnglishwordsshouldbespelled. Oneproblemwasthatseveralletterswerewrittenwithshortverticalstrok(竖笔)thatalllookedlike
3、eachother.Amongthemweretheletters,i,u,v,mandn,Thus.fivestraightlinesinarowmightstandforuninuiuviormii. Asaresult.readingwassometimesdifficult,especiallywhenthewritingwasdoneinahurry. Thescribessolved(解决)theprobleminpart,bychangingtheletterutoowhenitcame
4、beforem.norv.Thisishowsumandcumcamelobewrittenassomeandcome.Atsomepoint,too,thescribesseemedtohavedecidedthatnoEnglishwordshouldbeendedbyuorv.Thus,intimeanewasaddedtosuchwordsaslive,have,dueandtrue.Itwasadded,butnotpronounced.36.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccor
5、dingtothepassage?A.EverythinghasbeenwrittenbyhandinEnglishsince1476.B.Morethan500yearsagonopeoplemadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.C.Thechurchsetupschoolstotrainscribesbefore1476.D.ScribesinEnglandworkedonlyforkingsandtraders.37.Whichofthefollowingisfalse?A.
6、Oftenthescribeshadtoworkwithgreatspeed.B.ThespellingofsomeEnglishwordswaschanged.D.SomescribesofthedaywerequitesureaboutthespellingofmanyEnglishwords.38.Sometimespeoplecouldn’treadeasily_____________.A.becausethereweretoomanyu’sandv’sinsonicEnglishwordsB.beca
7、usemostofthewritingwasinLatinC.whenthewritingwasinEnglishD.Whentilewritingwasdonehurriedly39.ThescribeschangedubeforemtoobecauseA.thechangehelpedthemwritefasterB.thechangemadereadingeasierC.umandomhadthesamepronunciationD.omwastherightorder40.Itisbelievedthat
8、somescribesthought A.itimportanttoaddanetoeveryEnglishword B.thelettereattheendofanywordshouldn'tbepronounced C.itnaturaltochangethespellingofsonicLatinwords D.anEnglishwordshouldbeen
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