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Tens of thousands of antique books are [on / in] danger. They are being eaten by beetles. The centuries-old books are being [taking / taken] off the shelves of a library in a medieval abbey in Hungary. Pannonhalma Abbey was [founded / finding] in the year 996. It is four years older than the Kingdom of Hungary. [One / Once] of the books in danger is a [completion / complete] Bible from the 13th century. There are also hundreds [off / of] manuscripts from before the invention of the [printer / printing] press in the mid-15th century. Library staff are carefully [put / putting] the books and manuscripts in wooden boxes. The boxes are [been / being] sealed in large plastic sacks. The oxygen has been removed from the sacks. After six weeks without oxygen, all of the beetles should be [dead / died] .

The insect eating the [priceless / pricey] books is the drugstore beetle, also known [was / as] the bread beetle. It usually [foods / feeds] on dried foodstuff, like wheat, flour and spices. The bugs like to eat the gelatin and starch-based glue that are used [to / for] make books. Library workers realized something was wrong when they found lots of [dust / dusty] on the bookshelves. The librarians [then / them] found holes in the books. These were caused [by / at] the beetles chewing through the paper. The person in charge of getting [rid / hid] of the beetles said: "We've never encountered such a degree of [injection / infection] before." She explained she felt a lot of responsibility for saving the books. She said if a book is ruined, "a [peace / piece] of culture has been lost".