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

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问题     In the early 1450s cultural change in Europe fueled a growing
need for the rapid and cheap production of written documents.
Before this time, scribal monks hand-copied sacred texts
for centuries. But for the secular world began to develop and                【B1】 ______
distribute new forms of sacred texts, the scribes could not keep up
the demand. Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith and businessman                  【B2】 ______
from southern Germany, foresees the profit-making potential for a            【B3】 ______
printing press that used movable metal type, and borrowed money
to develop that we know now as the modern printing press. He                 【B4】 ______
developed his press by combing features of existed technologies:             【B5】 ______
textile, papermaking and wine presses.
    Perhaps his most significant innovation, therefore, was the              【B6】 ______
efficient molding 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 printing press,                 【B7】 ______
Gutenberg managed to default on a loan and lost his whole printing
establishment. His techniques were made publicly and his creditor            【B8】 ______
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 marvelousway to expand his mission of promoting
unpopular literature, the innovation of the printing press                   【B9】 ______
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.                 【B10】 ______
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答案for→as/because
解析 but for意为“倘使，假如”，用在此处显然文意不通，从上下文判断，此处应为表示原因的连词，but为转折，句意为：“但是由于世俗世界中开始出现和散布新形式的圣书，手抄本已跟不上需求”。for引导原因从句时，是不可以放在句首的，故将for改为as或是because。
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