Question

【題目】

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you _________ today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty (清朝). Three men did most of the important __________work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to _________ words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary. The_________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 of its new dictionary.

Murray had never been to_________. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. _________he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house __________in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and __________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 _________ adding (增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary ________he was very old.

Forty four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

【1】A. write B. use C. copy D. miss

【2】A. easy B. boring C. early D. dangerous

【3】A. spell B. collect C. invent D. make

【4】A. way B. use C. idea D. prize

【5】A. school B. cinema C. village D. college

【6】A. Ever since B. Before C. So far D. Later

【7】A. built B. sold 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】文章講述了英語詞典的來歷。

【1】句意：你今天用的英語詞典直到清朝才有。A. write 寫； B. use 用； C. copy抄寫； D. miss思念；根據(jù)句意故選B

【2】句意：關(guān)于詞典三個男人做了大量的重要的早期工作。A. easy 容易的； B. boring 無聊的； C. early 早期的； D. dangerous危險的；根據(jù)后文可知應(yīng)是早期工作；故選C

【3】句意：他們幾乎用了一生來盡量為詞典收集單詞。A. spell拼讀； B. collect 收集； C. invent 發(fā)明； D. make制作；根據(jù)文章編寫詞典可知是收集單詞；故選B

【4】句意：這個詞典的主意來自1857年一個英國的會議。A. way 方式； B. use 用法； C. idea 主意； D. prize獎品；根據(jù)句意故選C

【5】句意：Murray從來沒上過大學(xué)。根據(jù)he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank可知沒上過大學(xué)；故選D

【6】句意：后來他成了一個偉大的老師。A. Ever since 自從； B. Before 以前； C. So far到目前為止； D. Later后來；根據(jù)At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank可知后來成了老師；故選D

【7】句意：Murray有了一個建在花園里的小房子來做這項工作。根據(jù)a small house應(yīng)是建造的小房子；故選A

【8】句意：Murray在5點(diǎn)起床，早飯前工作幾個小時。A. read 閱讀； B. wrote 寫； C. worked 工作； D. thought想；根據(jù)文章讓他編寫詞典，可知是工作；故選C

【9】句意：他仍然為字母A添加單詞。根據(jù)But after five years,可知是仍然；故選B

【10】句意：直到他很老了還在為詞典工作。A. if 如果； B. because因為； C. until 直到； D. since自從；根據(jù)句意故選C