Question

　　You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you 1 today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty(清朝), Three men did most of the important 2 work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The 4 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(编者) of its new dictionary.

　　Murray had never been to 5 . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. 6 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house 7 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and 8 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 9 adding(增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary 10 he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1982,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

Answer 1

答案：A;C;C;B;D;A;B;C;B;C