10．If you are reading this right now，you are taking part in the wonder of literacy．Because of printed words，people can relay information across both time and space．Much of the credit for this phenomenon can be attributed to one man．
Born in Mainz，Johannes Gutenberg，studied at the University of Erfurt in 1418and spent much of his young adult life practicing the profession of goldsmithing．In 1439Gutenberg borrowed money from investors but found himself in financial trouble．
In 1439the city in which Gutenberg lived was planning to exhibit a large collection of some relics，which was expected to bring many visitors to the town．Gutenberg created many metal mirrors which were to be sold to the visitors．The mirrors probably would have sold well，but due to severe flooding the event was delayed by one year．The investors demanded that Gutenberg return their investments，but he had already spent the money on the mirrors．In order to satisfy the investors，Gutenberg decided to share his secret with them．This secret would forever change the world，all of history，and even the，process of keeping history．He had created the mechanical printing press with movable type．
Gutenberg's brilliant idea would soon change the world，but he was in financial trouble once again and was accused of mismanaging money．The courts ruled against Gutenberg and Gutenberg lost．the shop he had created．
Before the spread of Gutenberg，s idea，literature was primarily handwritten and thus books were extremely rare and valuable．There was little reason for common people to learn to read or write．Gutenberg's invention would change all of that．His printing press allowed literature to be produced on a mass scale．His movable metal type could be arranged once to form a page，and his press could print the page again and again．
Though Gutenberg had failed as a businessman，the technologies that he had created spread across Europe rapidly．As these printing technologies and techniques spread，news and books began to travel across Europe much faster than previously possible．The world has not been the same since．
28．Which of the following can replace the underlined word in Paragraph one？D
A．referred
B．devoted
C．exposed
D．owed
29．Why did Gutenberg's plan to sell mirrors fail？B
A．The mirrors were less popular than he had expected．
B．Flooding delayed the event for an entire year．
C．Too many other people had the same idea．
D．Newly invented glass mirrors made his metal mirrors old-fashioned．
30．Which of the following is best supported by evidence from the text？C
A．Gutenberg's idea was a tremendous success that made him incredibly wealthy．
B．Gutenberg's idea didn't become popular in his lifetime，but grew very popular after his death．
C．Gutenberg，s idea did not make him rich but spread very quickly．
D．Gutenberg，s idea did not become popular right away but made him incredibly rich over time．
31．Which of the following titles best expresses the main idea of this text？D
A．Investing Wisely：Turning Your Good Ideas into Money
B．How to Make Books Using the Gutenberg Method
C．The City of Mainz：Life in Medieval Germany
D．Gutenberg：A Man Who Changed the World．
分析 短文主要介紹了Johannes Gutenberg其偉大的創(chuàng)造--印刷機(jī)對于文學(xué)界的重要性，并介紹了其生前的經(jīng)歷．
解答 28．D，詞義猜測題，前文提到的printed words"打印的文字"，這種現(xiàn)象是歸功于下文介紹的Johannes Gutenberg，可以推測該詞的意思為"歸功于"，故答案為D．
29．B，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子The mirrors probably would have sold well，but due to severe flooding the event was delayed by one year可知，由于洪水該計(jì)劃被推遲了一年，故答案為B．
30．C，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子Though Gutenberg had failed as a businessman，the technologies that he had created spread across Europe rapidly可知，雖然Gutenberg沒有變得富有，但是他的主意很快就傳遍了整個歐洲，故答案為C．
31．D，標(biāo)題歸納題，短文主要介紹了Johannes Gutenberg其偉大的創(chuàng)造--印刷機(jī)對于文學(xué)界的重要性，故答案為D．
點(diǎn)評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時(shí)，要有較強(qiáng)的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
