Every morning，my father buys a newspaper on his way to work.Every day，I open my books in class and start my lessons.Every evening，my mother looks through magazines at home.And every night，I look at the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep.Can we imagine life（1）

without

without

paper or printing？
   Paper was first created about 2，000 years ago in China.After its（2）

invention

invention

（invent），people started to write on paper to make books.In those days，books were only（3）

produced

produced

（produce）one at a time by hand.As a result，there were not many books，and they were（4）e

xpensive

xpensive

.So，few people had the（5）c

hance

hance

to learn to read.
   Printing was invented in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.Later，developments imprinting made it possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply.A trade in books resulted，and more people learned to read.Knowledge and ideas（6）s

pread

pread

faster than ever before.
   Although the Internet is still young，it is（7）g

rowing

rowing

very fast，and may become more powerful than printing.A much larger amount of information can be stored in more varied（各種不同的）forms on the Internet than in books.Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more（8）e

asily

asily

than they can find it in printed forms.And the（9）

machines

machines

（machine）we use to read it are now small and light，often smaller and lighter than a single book.
   Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now，and newspapers and magazines are already read online.So what（10）d

irection

irection

will traditional printing take in the future？Will books be replaced by the Internet？Let's wait and see.