阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

The Oxford English Dictionary turns 90 this year. The big, fat book is a good friend of your English learning.

But do you know the story of how the famous dictionary was created over a period of 71 years?

The very first edition of the Dictionary started to be developed as an idea in the late 1850s when a group of English language experts (专家) felt the need for such an English dictionary. They wanted a dictionary which would tell the history of each word in the language, based on data (数据) showing how each word was actually used at different periods in history. This data collection was done through a London association called the Philological Society in1857.

In 1879, Oxford University Press made preparations for publishing the Dictionary, James Murray was appointed as the new editor(编辑). Murray had never been to university. He was a self-taught language expert. However, he took on a group of helpers, and the work of adding entries(条目) to the Dictionary soon got started Henry Bradley, one of Murray's helpers, was appointed as the Dictionary's second Editor in 1887. Bradley was given the task of editing a separate part of the alphabet (字母表)starting with the letter E. But as time passed, they were fully aware that not even two separate teams were enough. In 1901, William Craigie was appointed as the Dictionary's third Editor, and in 1914 Charles Onions became its fourth Editor. By the time Onions was appointed, the Dictionary was complete as far as the letter S.

It's important to note that the Dictionary didn't finish at Z. It was the letter W that was the last to be finished on April 19, 1928. That was the day on which the first edition of the Dictionary was officially completed.

1.How did the Murray learn the language?

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2.How long did it take to edit the first edition of the Dictionary?

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3.When did English language experts have the first idea to create the Dictionary?

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4.What was Bradley expected to do when he was appointed as the Dictionary's second Editor?

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5.Did they finish all the letters in the first edition of the Dictionary?

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语篇翻译 阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

If you are given only 1 yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It seems this may be a little difficult. But students from Xi' an made it.

On April 10, more than 60 students from the Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnical University took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. 1. Students not only had to live, but they also had to deal with a lot of hard tasks.

2.为了赚钱,无论走到哪里,许多学生努力找寻兼职工作。 In this way, they also saw how hard life was. Zhang Qiyue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one chance. We were upset when they said no. But gradually, we got used to it, he said. After being a waiter for an hour, he got 25 yuan. 3.他们甚至通过在公园唱歌跳舞来赚钱。

Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn't any easier. 4. They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time. The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth thousands yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. "We learned how to persuade others. From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt... after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive necklace( 项 链 )," he said. 5. They will give all of the money they made to poor schools in Tibet(西藏).

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随着国外游客日益增多,省博物馆决定聘用部分中学生在假期为他们提供英语讲解的服务。假如你叫李华想应聘这份工作请用英文写一封自荐信。表达自己应聘的愿望,说说自己的优势并谈谈如果应聘成功后, 你该如何做才能把这份工作做好。

要求: 1.内容必须包含上面所提供的所有信息,可适当发挥。2.词数:80 词左右。开头和结尾部分已给出,不计入总词数。3.文中不能出现学生真实姓名和所在学校名称。

参考词汇:博物馆讲解员a docent at a museum

Dear Sir

I'm writing to apply for(申请) the job.

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I'm looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Peter's sister is a manager and ________works in a big company.

A.he B.she C.his D.her

We all studied at home ________March this year.

A.in B.on C.at D.to

I had a good time in the park ________my parents taught me how to fly a kite.

A.if B.but C.or D.because

—________does your mother go to the supermarket?

—Once a week.

A.How often B.How long C.How far D.How soon

We ________make good use of our time to realize our dream.

A.should B.may C.would D.might

In order to catch up with her classmates, Lily works ________than before.

A.hard B.harder C.hardest D.the hardest

We ________our sports meeting every year and it brings us great fun.

A.were having B.had had C.had D.have