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What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, Xinhua Dictiorary, published by the commercial Press in China,is the world's most popular dictionary and the beat-selling book.

In 1950,Chinese language experts and scholars,Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion,research and paper work. Some hand scripts were checked again and again like compositions, Many people’s hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.

In 1953,the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. By 2015.about 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.

However,revisions(修订) to the dictionary continue to be made.Editors usually summarize the meanings 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 If the example sentences are out of date,editors need to have experiences and make new examples.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 Chinese‘焗油(hot oil treatment)’, one editor went to a barber shop to experience it himself," Yu.Guilin told the Beijing Times. So far, Xinhua Dictionary has been revised for 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 1lth 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．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.

The "【1】Dictionary" of China

Name: Xinhua Dictionary		Publisher:The Commercial Press
【2】	A good beginning	Editors【3】a lot and did a lot of research and paper work.
	A long【4】	In 1950,Chinese language experts and scholars started to edit it． In【5】, the first Xinhua Dictionary was published.
	A great【6】of sales	By 2015,about 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold.
	Eleven revisions	Editors usually summarize the meanings of words【7】more. Editors need to have experiences and make new examples【8】that the example sentences can keep up with the times. Editors also【9】some popular and widely-used Internet words to the dictionary.
Usage	It is【10】for generations of Chinese people and foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】National

【2】Reasons/Efforts

【3】discussed

【4】history

【5】1953

【6】number

【7】once

【8】so

【9】add

【10】useful

【解析】

短文主要描述了新华字典是世界上最受欢迎的字典，也是最畅销的书籍，同时介绍了新华字典的首次出版时间和修订。

【1】根据All these efforts create the "National Dictionary” of China.可知，所有的这些努力创造了中国的国家字典，此处是文章的标题。故填National。

【2】根据文章第一段According to the Guinness World Records, Xinhua Dictiorary, published by the commercial Press in China,is the world's most popular dictionary and the beat-selling book.可知，新华字典是世界上最畅销的书；根据All these efforts create the "National 'Dictionary” of China.可知，所有的这些努力创造了中国的国家字典；所以此处是在新华字典从编纂到出版发行以及后来的数次修订的过程中，专家学者所付出的努力，同时这也是新华字典之所以成为世界上最畅销书的原因；effort是名词，意为“努力”；reason是名词，意为“原因”；结合文意可知，努力和原因是多方面的，所以此处应使用reason或effort的复数形式，故填Reasons/Efforts。

【3】根据There was a lot of discussion,research and paper work.可知，编辑们做了大量的讨论；discuss是动词，意为“讨论”，句中时态为一般过去时，所以此处用动词过去式。故填discussed。

【4】根据In 1950,Chinese language experts and scholars,Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit Xinhua Dictionary. In 1953,the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. 可知，1950年，中国的专家和学者开始着手编纂新华字典，1953年第一版新华字典出版，从1950年到1953年是一段重要的历史记录；history是名词，意为“历史”。故填history。

【5】根据In 1953,the first Xinhua Dictionary was published.可知，第一版新华字典是在1953年出版的。故填1953。

【6】根据By 2015 about 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.可知，截止2015年，大约有5.67亿册字典被卖到全世界，所以此处是销量巨大；a great number of+可数名词复数形式，表示……的数量巨大。故填number。

【7】根据Editors usually summarize the meanings of words again while revising.可知，当编辑们修订字典的时候通常会再一次总结词义；again与once more意思相同，意为“再一次，又一次”。故填once。

【8】根据If the example sentences are out of date,editors need to have experiences and make new examples.可知，如果字典中的例句过时了，编辑们要亲自去体验并且给出新的例句，而这样做的目的就是以便于让字典的内容能紧随时代步伐；so that意为“以便，为了”。故填so。

【9】根据To keep up with the times, some popular and widely-used Internet words are also added to the dictionary.可知，为了跟上时代步伐，一些在网络上广泛使用而且很流行的一些词汇也被加入到新华字典中来了；add是动词，意为“增加”，add…to…意为“把……加入到……中”。故填add。

【10】根据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.可知，新华字典对于中国人来说是有用的工具，也能给予正在学习中国语言和文化的外国人帮助，所以此处是新华字典对于中国人和外国人都是有用的；useful是形容词，意为“有用的”。故填useful。