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You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you _________ today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty (清朝). Three men did most of the important __________work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to _________ words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary. The_________for 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 to_________. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. _________he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house __________in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and __________in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was _________ adding (增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary ________he was very old.

Forty ? four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

1.A. write B. use C. copy D. miss

2.A. easy B. boring C. early D. dangerous

3.A. spell B. collect C. invent D. make

4.A. way B. use C. idea D. prize

5.A. school B. cinema C. village D. college

6.A. Ever since B. Before C. So far D. Later

7.A. built B. sold 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

1.B 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.C 【解析】文章讲述了英语词典的来历。 1.句意：你今天用的英语词典直到清朝才有。A. write 写； B. use 用； C. copy抄写； D. miss思念；根据句意故选B 2.句意：关于词典三个男人做了大量的重要的早期工作。A. easy...

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