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In the early 1450’s cultural change in Europe fueled a growing need for the rapid and cheap production of whiten documents. Befo

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问题    In the early 1450’s cultural change in Europe fueled a growing need for
the rapid and cheap production of whiten documents. Before dais time,
scribal monks hand copied sacred texts for centuries. But for the secular 【M1】______.
world began to develop and distribute new forms of sacred texts, the
scribes could not keep up the demand.                                     【M2】______.
   Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith and businessman from southern
Germany. foresees the profit-making potential for a printing press that   【M3】______.
used movable, metal type, and borrowed money to develop that we know      【M4】______.
now as the modem printing press. He developed his press by combing features
of existed technologies: textile, papermaking and wine presses. Perhaps   【M5】______.
his most significant innovation, therefore, was the efficient molding     【M6】______.
and casting of movable metal type. Gutenberg designed a Latin print Bible
which became his most famous work. Despite of the dramatic success of his 【M7】______.
printing press, Gutenberg managed to default on a loan and lost his whole
printing establishment, His techniques were made publicly and his creditor【M8】______.
won the rights to the proceeds from the Gutenberg Bibles.
   In 1476, William Caxton set up England’s first printing press. Caxton
had been a prolific translator and found the Printing press to be a marvelous
way to expand his mission of promoting unpopular literature, the innovation 【M9】______.
of the printing press ultimately influenced art, literature, philosophy
and politics. Today, print is thought of as one of the markers of key historical
shifts in communication, creating a social and intellectual transform.    【M10】______.
【M3】
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答案foresees改成foresaw
解析 时态错误。本题所在处句子介绍发明打印机的背景，与下一句中的he developed his press都是发生在过去的事情，因此应为过去时态，这里的foresaw与后面的borrowed为并列谓语，
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