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You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you (1)　　　today wasn’t made (2)　　 the Qing Dynasty (清朝). Three men did most of the important (3)　work on dictionaries; they spent nearly all their lives trying to (4)　words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The (5)　dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The (6)　for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty two years (7)　, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor (编者) of its new dictionary. Murray had never been to (8)　. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. (9)　he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house (10)in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and (11)　in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped (12)　the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was (13)　adding (增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked (14)　the dictionary (15)　he was very old. Forty four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

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　　Dictionaries are very 　　1　　 books．People use dictionaries to 　　2　　 out the meanings of words．　　3　　 you are learning English, you should use an English dictionary．　　4　　 students have dictionaries which contain Chinese and English words．They are useful, 　　5　　 it is better 　　6　　 a dictionary written completely 　　7　　 English．If you use 　　8　　 dictionary, you will have more practice in using English．This will 　　9　　 you to begin to think in English．A good English dictionary will show you the correct spelling of a word, and its pronunciation．Many dictionaries also show 　　10　　 a word is used in a sentence．

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Hello! My 　　1　　 is Jim Smith．My first name is 　　2　　 , and Smith is my 　　3　　 name．　　4　　 am 　　5　　 English boy．Here is a 　　6　　 of my family, 　　7　　 is my father, he is a doctor, and that is my mother, 　　8　　 is a teacher．I have two sisters and one brother．And I have a lovely dog, 　　9　　 , its name 　　10　　 Coco．I have a happy family, I love them all．Look! What's that over there? Oh, it's my 　　11　　．It's an 　　12　　 dictionary．I like 　　13　　 very much．　　14　　 is it? It's red．Can you 　　15　　 dictionary? Yes, D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y．

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