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T blocks and then press paper onto the ink, printing a page form the block. This process is called letterpress printing. The invention of letterpress printing was a great advance in communication because each block could be inked many times and many copies of each page could be made. Many books could now be made. Therefore, many people could read the same book.
Later, in the 11th century, another great advance occurred. The Chinese invented "movable" type. Each character was made as a separate block which could be used many times in many
texts. This meant that pages could be created by putting together individual characters rather than having to have whole pages carved. Movable type was much more efficient than the earlier
Japanese and Chinese print blocks because books could be created much more quickly by people with less skill.In Europe, movable type was used for the first time in the 15th century. And there, Johanese Gutenberg invented typecasting, a way to make movable type much more quickly, by melting metal and pouring it into the forms of the letters. This greatly increased the speed of printing, and eventually made books available to many more people.
1) Before the printing press, the process of printing books was.
A. slow
B. easy
C. debatable
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D. by machine
2) According to the article, the contribution of letterpress was an increase in
A. the number of people making books
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B. the number of copies that got printed C. interest in books in Japanese and Chinese
D. the importance of the printing press
3) According to the article, the contribution of movable type was that.
A. books were cheaper
B. books could be written by hand.C. books could be in other languages
D. type could be reused
4) A direct effect of Johannes Gutenberg's invention was that.
A. it took more time to make movable type B. more people were able to read books
C. The Chinese invented movable type
D. more people worked in the printing industry
5) According to the article, the invention of the
A. printing press was one of the most important in history
B. wheel was more important than the printing press
C. telephone, television, radio, and computer were more important than the printing press
D. printing press was more important than the wheel
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