Arum has had a dream ever since he saw a ship for the first time at the age of four. His dream was to_______a ship.

Last year, he started building his ship _______. “I was afraid that people would laugh at me, so sometimes I worked all night,” he said. It was a long time _______ he put his dream into practice. Finally, Arum decided to try to build his own ship, using the money he_______ from part-time jobs. He spent three years _______ YouTube videos in order to learn how to make a ship.

It took him a year to build his ship, using mostly recycled materials. The ships first sail came at 3 pm on 10th, June. Local villagers gathered excitedly to watch the ship sail, _______, the ship only got 100m in the river before sinking (沉).

Although the first sail _________. Arum went on making a ship. His next project is to build a ship with wings. Arum thinks the ship will cost over $10, 000. “I never feel _______for spending all my money building a ship,” he said.

His wife worries about him. “I don't know how ships work and he doesn’t have any experts to help him. He can only search for _______ himself,” she said. “I tried to ask him to stop a few times, but he said he wouldn’t ________, so I have to support his dream.”

1.A. make B. repair C. draw

2.A. carefully B. impatiently C. secretly

3.A. before B. until C. when

4.A. borrowed B. saved C. stolen

5.A. recording B. producing C. watching

6.A. Therefore B. Besides C. However

7.A. appeared B. continued C. failed

8.A. grateful B. sorry C. happy

9.A. information B. workers C. ships

10.A. give up B. take out C. keep off

What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary, published(出版) by the Commercial Press in China, is the world’s most popular dictionary and the best-selling book.

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

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

However, revisions (修订) to the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors(编辑) usually summarize (总结) the meaning of words again while revising.So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 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 11th 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. The 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.

根据文章内容,完成下列句子。

According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary is the1.book and very popular in the world.and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.

The first Xinhua Dictionary was2.after many people's hard work in1953.Great experts and editors don’t stop their work. They 3.to revise the dictionary. They also4.some popular internet words to the dictionary to keep up with the time. The Xinhua Dictionary is not only useful but also5.

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