1. Read the text. Tick x the correct box.
a .... report some news.
b .... complain about something.
c .... inform the reader.
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND YOU
Books first appeared 2000 years ago.People wrote by hand , so no two books looked the same.Books were big ,heavy and expensive and not many people could read.
The first revolution was Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in 1440. Printing presses could print thousands of books quickly and cheaply. By 1500 there were 20 milion books in Europe and milions of people learnt to read. Today , 99% of Europeans can read.
The second revolution was more recent. Publishers started to use computers to produce books about twenty years ago. Tradutuibak oresses started to disappear and people began to produce books electronically . People also started to read newspapers and magazines online and some people thought that paper books would disappear one day . Now the digital revolution is here! E-book readers have arrived and personal webpages and blogs have also become more popular . Did you know that 31% of people between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one have git their own blog or webpage? Print on demand' is another part of hte digital revolution . Soon , you'llbe able to choose a book from a selection of milions in any bookshop. A machine will print your book while you wait in the shop! You'll be able to print books that
you've written , too.
2. Read the text again. Choose the correct answers.
1 .... could produce a lot of books cheaply.
a) handwriting b) priting presses c) webpages
2 Publishers have produced .... for 20 years.
a) e-books b) computers c) book using computers
3 A lot of people aged 14-21 have got ....
a) webpages and blogs b) e-books c) newspaper and magazines
4 Soon , you will be able to print .... wirth print on demand'.
a) your own book b) an e-book c) a website
a .... report some news.
b .... complain about something.
c .... inform the reader.
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND YOU
Books first appeared 2000 years ago.People wrote by hand , so no two books looked the same.Books were big ,heavy and expensive and not many people could read.
The first revolution was Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in 1440. Printing presses could print thousands of books quickly and cheaply. By 1500 there were 20 milion books in Europe and milions of people learnt to read. Today , 99% of Europeans can read.
The second revolution was more recent. Publishers started to use computers to produce books about twenty years ago. Tradutuibak oresses started to disappear and people began to produce books electronically . People also started to read newspapers and magazines online and some people thought that paper books would disappear one day . Now the digital revolution is here! E-book readers have arrived and personal webpages and blogs have also become more popular . Did you know that 31% of people between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one have git their own blog or webpage? Print on demand' is another part of hte digital revolution . Soon , you'llbe able to choose a book from a selection of milions in any bookshop. A machine will print your book while you wait in the shop! You'll be able to print books that
you've written , too.
2. Read the text again. Choose the correct answers.
1 .... could produce a lot of books cheaply.
a) handwriting b) priting presses c) webpages
2 Publishers have produced .... for 20 years.
a) e-books b) computers c) book using computers
3 A lot of people aged 14-21 have got ....
a) webpages and blogs b) e-books c) newspaper and magazines
4 Soon , you will be able to print .... wirth print on demand'.
a) your own book b) an e-book c) a website
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1b 2c 3a 4a
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