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15．Dictionaries are not closed books．There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities．New words are continually being created and added to our language．And many of today's word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words．The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L．Dodgson．In addition to working with figures，Dodgson wrote books．His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generations of readers．We know him，however，not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name，Lewis Carroll．Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers，young and old，with Alice in Wonderland，Through the Looking Glass，and numerous poems．In these works，Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as"chortle"and"galumph"．Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language．Carroll referred to his made-up words as"portmanteau"words，named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments．The name was well suited，because most of Carroll's words had two compartments．Rather than being entirely fabricated（虚构），they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words．A"snark"，for example，clearly came from a snake and a shark．
Although Carroll died long ago，his technique continues to be used today．We clearly see his influence in such words as smog，brunch，and guesstimate．
21．What does the underlined sentence probably mean according to the passage？C
A．Dictionaries are open to the public．
B．Dictionaries are helpful to the public．
C．Dictionaries are ready to welcome new words．
D．The vocabularies in dictionaries are limited．
22．Dodgson's made-up wordsA．
A．are based on different words
B．are borrowed from other languages
C．all come from his poems
D．are still widely used
23．This passage is mainly aboutD．
A．how Dodgson wrote his works
B．how English words are created
C．how a dictionary is written
D．how Dodgson created new words．
分析 通读全文可知，文章开篇说字典会不断收录新词汇，接下来着重介绍了Charles L．Dodgson创造新单词的例子．
解答 21．C 句意理解题．根据划线处后面一句"在这些伟大的词汇权威里仍有很多空间给更多的单词"可知，这里是指字典会不断收入新词汇．故选C．
22．A 细节理解题．从第一段的最后一句We know him，however，not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name，Lewis Carroll．可知，Dodgson和Carroll是同一个人；再根据第二段第二、三句Carroll developed…Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language．（这些单词是用英语中更常见的单词自然结合而成的）可知，答案选A．
23．D 主旨大意题．通读全文可知，文章开篇说字典会不断收录新词汇，接下来着重介绍了Charles L．Dodgson创造新单词的例子．故D项是文章的主要内容．
点评 本文是一个文学艺术类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
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