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What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, Xinhua Dictiorary, published by the commercial Press in China,is the world's most popular dictionary and the beat-selling book.

In 1950,Chinese language experts and scholars,Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion,research and paper work. Some hand scripts were checked again and again like compositions, Many people’s hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.

In 1953,the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. By 2015.about 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.

However,revisions(修订) to the dictionary continue to be made.Editors usually summarize the meanings of words again while revising. If the example sentences are out of date,editors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the Chinese‘焗油(hot oil treatment)’, one editor went to a barber shop to experience it himself," Yu.Guilin told the Beijing Times. So far, Xinhua Dictionary has been revised for 11 times. To keep up with the times, some

popular and widely-used Internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 1lth edition, the phrases“晒工资(show off salary)" and "晒照片(show off pictures)" were included.

All these efforts create the "National 'Dictionary” of China.Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool for generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.

The "1.Dictionary" of China

Name: Xinhua Dictionary

Publisher:The Commercial Press

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A good beginning

Editors3.a lot and did a lot of research and paper work.

A long4.

In 1950,Chinese language experts and scholars started to edit it.

In5., the first Xinhua Dictionary was published.

A great6.of sales

By 2015,about 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold.

Eleven revisions

Editors usually summarize the meanings of words7.more.

Editors need to have experiences and make new examples8.that the example sentences can keep up with the times.

Editors also9.some popular and widely-used Internet words to the dictionary.

Usage

It is10.for generations of Chinese people and foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.

“Please take my penny,” said Maggie to old Dan, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his nets.

Her brother Andrew drew her back, whispering, “Maggie, he is not a beggar (乞丐)!”

But Maggie paid no attention. “Please take it,” she said again. Old Dan smiled, and took it. “Thank you, little miss,” he said, “It is kindly meant.”

After that, Maggie went to the beach to gather shells. She never thought how fast the hours were passing until being tired. She sat down on a rock. Soon she was scared because the sea water was going up. She wanted to go home, but she found the places she had gone down easily very difficult to climb up. The stones were wet and smooth. What could poor Maggie do? She felt sad and cried.

Luckily, Dan’s large dog Rover jumped down from a rock! Rover raised his loud bark. The fisherman had taken his nets to the top of the cliffs (悬崖), and was laying them out in the sun when he heard the loud barking of a dog. He felt sure that it was Rover, and Rover was in trouble, so he looked over. There he saw it all.

“Bless her! It is the little one that was so kind-spoken to me this morning!” he cried, and he hurried to his sons’ rooms.

“Quick, boys, quick!” he said. “Get to the boat, and row fast to the sea. There is a poor child there just waiting to be helped.” The fishermen lost no time, and soon little Maggie and Rover were rowed safely to land! Old Dan was waiting there to lift her out to give her into her mother’s arms.

“It was the penny that did it, madam,” he said to Mrs. Weston later. “I saw Rover looking at her when she put the penny. And I am thinking he had been looking after her all the day.”

Some years later, Rover came to Maggie’s home with a little note, in which was written—“Will Maggie help Rover?—his master is dead.”

1.Who rowed Maggie to land safely?

A. Rover. B. Old Dan. C. Old Dan’s sons. D. Andrew.

2.What we can guess from the end of the story?

A. Maggie refused to be Rover’s new master.

B. Rover felt sad about Mrs. Western’s death.

C. Rover lived with Old Dan until his master died.

D. Maggie became Rover’s master at once after she was saved.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. One kind act brings another.

B. You should act and speak the same kindly.

C. One person’s pleasure may be another’s pain.

D. People often forget what is really important in our lives.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Rover and his master B. Rover’s new friend

C. What the brave dog did D. What Maggie’s penny did

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