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You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many
centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you1today wasn't made until the Qing
Dynasty(清朝). Three men did most of the
important2work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to3words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The
largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The4for this dictionary came from an
important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University
asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to5. At the age of fourteen, he left his
village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank.6he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a
small house7in his garden to do the work. Every
morning, Murray got out of bed of five o' clock and8in the small house several hours before
the new dictionary in ten years. But
after five years, he was9adding words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary10he was very old. Forty-four years
later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.
(1)
A .
use
B .
write
C .
copy
D .
miss
(2)
A .
easy
B .
boring
C .
early
D .
dangerous
(3)
A .
spell
B .
invent
C .
collect
D .
make
(4)
A .
way
B .
idea
C .
use
D .
prize
(5)
A .
school
B .
cinema
C .
village
D .
college
(6)
A .
Later
B .
Long before
C .
So far
D .
Ever since
(7)
A .
sold
B .
built
C .
broken
D .
drawn
(8)
A .
read
B .
wrote
C .
worked
D .
thought
(9)
A .
already
B .
still
C .
usually
D .
always
(10)
A .
if
B .
because
C .
until
D .
since
答案:(1)A;(2)C;(3)C;(4)B;(5)D;(6)A;(7)B;(8)C;(9)B;(10)C;