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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.
36.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.EverythinghasbeenwrittenbyhandinEnglishsince1476.
B.Morethan500yearsagonopeoplemadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.
C.Thechurchsetupschoolstotrainscribesbefore1476.
D.ScribesinEnglandworkedonlyforkingsandtraders.
37.Whichofthefollowingisfalse?
A.Oftenthescribeshadtoworkwithgreatspeed.
B.ThespellingofsomeEnglishwordswaschanged.
D.SomescribesofthedaywerequitesureaboutthespellingofmanyEnglishwords.
38.Sometimespeoplecouldn’treadeasily_____________.
A.becausethereweretoomanyu’sandv’sinsonicEnglishwords
B.becausemostofthewritingwasinLatin
C.whenthewritingwasinEnglish
D.Whentilewritingwasdonehurriedly
39.Thescribeschangedubeforemtoobecause
A.thechangehelpedthemwritefaster
B.thechangemadereadingeasier
C.umandomhadthesamepronunciation
D.omwastherightorder
40.Itisbelievedthatsomescribesthought
A.itimportanttoaddanetoeveryEnglishword
B.thelettereattheendofanywordshouldn'tbepronounced
C.itnaturaltochangethespellingofsonicLatinwords
D.anEnglishwordshou