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 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. If the example sentences are out of date, editors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the word ‘焗油 (deep condition)’ , one editor went to a barber shop (理发店) to experience it for himself,” Yu told the Beijing Times. 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.

1.According to Guinness World Records, the best-selling book is _____.

A. the Xinhua Dictionary

B. the Harry Potter series

C. Secret Garden

D. Guinness Book of World Records

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “scholars” in the second paragraph?

A. 校长 B. 学长 C. 学者D. 学生

3.Which of the following is NOT true about the first Xinhua Dictionary?

A. Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao edited it.

B. The editors had a lot of discussions, did research and paper work.

C. The editors checked the hand scripts again and again.

D. The first Xinhua Dictionary was published in 1950.

4.While revising the dictionary, the editors _____.

A. just need to read and correct the printing mistakes

B. make new examples for the words

C. have to go to a barber shop to experience deep conditioning

D. have to change all the examples of the words

5.According to the article, the Xinhua Dictionary _____.

A. has to include internet words

B. is little help for foreign learners

C. is better than any other dictionary

D. tries to keep up with the times

完形填空

The only survivor of a shipwreck (失事船残骸) was washed up onto a small lonely island. He prayed crazily for God to him, and every day he kept a close watch on the endless sea. No matter how hard he wished or how much he thought about leaving this , it’s no use because ships did not often come down this coast. There was nothing he could do, except struggling to survive on his own. With great effort, he finally to build a little house out of driftwood to protect him from hot sun and terrible storms, and to his possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little house on fire, the dark smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened, everything was lost.

“God, how could you do this to me!” he cried Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was heading towards the island. It had come to save him.

“How did you know I was here?” asked the tired man in surprise. “We saw your signal.” the captain replied.

It is easy to get when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose , because if God

closed a door in front of you, there must be a opened for you. Go ahead and stay . We can make it.

1.A. visit B. save C. concern D. respect

2.A. island B. country C. city D. town

3.A. managed B. continued C. afford D. offered

4.A. get B. take C. send D. store

5.A. hardly B. angrily C. happily D. cheerfully

6.A. smoke B. voice C. colour D. light

7.A. pleased B. ashamed C. embarrassed D. discouraged

8.A. way B. heart C. weight D. balance

9.A. window B. wall C. fence D. roof

10.A. wrong B. correct C. negative D. positive

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