Reading Comprehension (text The Printed Word) (6-7th grade)

1. Choose true, false or not stated.
1. In Greece and Rome they wrote with the help of piece of wood. __________
2. After baking the tablets were painted.______
3. The clay tablets were beautifully decorated.________
4. Everybody could buy books.____
5. In the Middle Ages all books were printed._________
6. Printing was invented in China._________
7. William Caxton is the inventor of printing in Europe._________
8. Early libraries were used by everyone._______
9. Modern libraries use information technologies._______
2. Find in the text words and word combinations which mean:
деревянные дощечки
куски коры
воск
полоски кожи
глиняные таблички
обжигание
они могли долго храниться
сохранились до сегодняшнего дня
папирус
полоска, которая перематывалась с одного цилиндра на другой
книжный том
Средние века
книги были довольно широко распространены
приковывать цепями
изобретение книгопечатания
распространилось по Европе
ремесленники
редакторы, издатели и книготорговцы
появление настоящей системы общественных библиотек
девяносто миллионов единиц хранения
книги и рукописи
уникальные коллекции
сохранить
Keys:
1. Choose true, false or not stated.
1. F
2. N/S
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. F
9. T
2. Find in the text words and word combinations which mean:
tablets of wood
pieces of bark
wax
strips of leather
clay tablets
baking
long-lasting
survived until the present day
papyrus
a strip rolled from one cylinder to another
volume
the Middle Ages
books were quite common
to chain
the invention of printing
spread quickly over Europe
craftsmen
editors, publishers, booksellers
the appearance of a proper system of public libraries
90 million items
books and manuscripts
unique collections
to keep