题目内容
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 Qin Dynasty. They spent 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 Oxford English Dictionary(牛津字典). 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(编者)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 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 year, 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. 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. collage
6.A. Later B. Longer 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
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母,在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式(每空限填一词)。
71. Sally is very happy. There is a big s__________ on her face.
72. James, I am too t__________. Let's stop to have a rest.
73. Money is important. But it can't buy e__________.
74. The bus is coming. Be c__________ when you get on it.
75. If it r__________ next Sunday, we won't have the football match.
76. I couldn't get t__________ the door because there a big box in the way.
77. The classroom is 8 meters long and 4 meters w__________.
78. I didn’t go to bed u_______ 9 o’clock last night.
79. It is not a__________ to use mobile phone in class.
80. My father is a teacher who has t_______ in this school for 20 years..
根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词语使短文完整。
Mr Brown works in a city. He has a son c (1) James. The boy is eight and studies at school. Last week school was over and James wouldn’t stay in the hot city and wanted to go to the cool village to see his grandparents and be on h______(2) there. Mr Brown had to take him there. On their way, A traffic accident h______(3). Their bus was going very fast. Suddenly the driver saw that an old man was c______(4) the road. He tried to stop the bus, but it was too late. He was knocked down and soon d_____(5), and the bus hit a big tree and was badly damaged(损坏).
The people in the bus had to get off and stay in a small hotel over n_____(6). Mr Brown wouldn’t let Richard see the dead man, but the little boy saw everything.
After supper they both felt tired. Mr Brown moved his bed close to the boy’s and turned o____(7) the light. A few minutes later Richard said, “it’s very d____(8) in the room, isn’t it?”
Of course the man understood what James m______(9). He said, “Yes, but everything is all right. ” After a few more minutes’ silence ,a small hand reached over and took Mr Brown’s, “I’m h_______(10) your hand, ”said the boy, “in case(万一)you are afraid!”