Which TWO of the statements below are correct?
A) The creator of the Nobel Peace Prize was himself a producer of weapons.
B) The Nobel Peace Prize is a controversial award.
C) Nobel was a peace activist during his lifetime.
D)
The ‘peace’ prize category was suggested by one of Nobel’s friends.
E) Nobel saw the destructive application of some of his inventions.
Exercise 7
IELTS Reading: true, false, not given
From a single point of origin, Mainz, Germany, printing spread within several decades to
over two hundred cities in a dozen European countries. By 1500, printing presses in
operation throughout Western Europe had already produced more than twenty million
volumes. In the 16th century, with presses spreading further afield, their output rose tenfold
to an estimated 150 to 200 million copies. The operation of a press became so synonymous
with the enterprise of printing that it lent its name to an entire new branch of media, the
press.
In Renaissance Europe, the arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era
of mass communication which permanently altered the structure of society. The relatively
unrestricted circulation of information and ideas transcended borders and threatened the
power of political and religious authorities. The sharp increase in literacy broke the
monopoly of the literate elite on education and learning and bolstered the emerging middle
class.
Answer TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN:
1. By the beginning of the 16th century, the printing press was in use in several different
countries.
2. The printing press was popular because it was so easy to operate.
3. Movable type printing can be linked to a rise in the number of people who could read and
write.
4. Printing had a negative effect on the middle classes.
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