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  3. The first printers in Europe modeled their books very closely on handwritten manuscripts, leading to an easy acceptance of print

The first printers in Europe modeled their books very closely on handwritten manuscripts, leading to an easy acceptance of print

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问题     The first printers in Europe modeled their books very closely on handwritten manuscripts, leading to an easy acceptance of print among readers but to significant missteps in trying to apply technology. The attempt to replicate manuscripts’ appearance encouraged experiments in two- or three-color printing. This was intricate and expensive work, and many printers found it preferable to pay expert calligraphers to manually adorn unbound sheets with additional colors. Illuminated headings and decoration familiar from the manuscript age had helped lead readers through the text. To achieve similar effects, printers began to experiment with new arrangements of type, using large fonts for headings and substituting decorative woodcuts for hand-executed initial letters. Ultimately, readers came to accept books printed in just one color.
The author suggests that readers of the earliest books printed in Europe
选项 A、could not afford books printed in multiple colors
B、considered the books inferior to handwritten manuscripts
C、suggested certain improvements to printers
D、were skeptical about an unproven technology
E、found the books’ appearance to be reassuringly familiar
答案E
解析 根据第一句，欧洲第一批印刷商要让书籍模仿手稿才能让读者接受，这就意味着这些书会让读者们觉得很熟悉，因此选项E正确。
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