摘要: The clock is old . Do you have a new ? A. it B. this C. that D. one

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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 until the Qing Dynasty(清明). Three men did most of the important 2 work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The 4 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 5 . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. 6 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house 7 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and 8 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 years, he was 9 adding(增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary 10 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.college

6.

[  ]

A.Later
B.Long 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
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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 until the Qing Dynasty(清朝), Three men did most of the important 2 work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The 4 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 5 . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. 6 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house 7 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and 8 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 years, he was 9 adding(增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary 10 he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1982,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.college

6.

[  ]

A.Later
B.Long 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
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