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　　You may think that English dictionaries have beenused for many, many centuries. In fact, an Englishdictionary you (1)______ today wasn't made untilthe Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of theimportant (2)______ work on dictionaries. Theyspent nearly their lives trying to (3)_____ words fortheir dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world isOxford English dictionary. The (4)______ for this dictionary came from an important meeting inBritain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editorof its new dictionary.

　　Murray had never been to (5)______. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school inScotland 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 thework. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and (8)______ in the small houseseveral hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish thenew dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was (9)_____ adding 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

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章主要介绍了世界上最大的牛津英语词典的编写者Murray 编写这一巨作的情况。

　　1.A. 由第一句“You may think that Englishdictionaries have been used for many, manycenturies”， 可知现在我们是在用词典，而不是在写或抄词典。

　　2.C. 由于词典的编写需要很长时间，所以这三个人只是做了前期的准备工作。

　　3.C. 编写词典最主要的是搜集词语，这是一个常识。

　　4.B. 由本段最后一句“Twenty –two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to bethe editor of its new dictionary.” 可知22年前编写词典只是一种想法。

　　5.D. 根据下句“At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himselfwhile working in a bank.” 可知Murray没有上过大学。

　　6.A. long before 的意思是”以前很久”，so far 的意思是”到目前为止”，ever since 则表示“自从”。只有later 表示”后来”，用在这里比较合适。

　　7.B. 这是句式“have…+ 过去分词”意思是“请某人做某事”，Murray是请人在花园里建了房再开始工作的。

　　8.C. 编写词典不只是读写和想，而是一件综合性的工作，所以用work比较恰当。

　　9.B. 这里说的是五年之后，Murray 的编写工作仍在进行。

　　10.C. 由四个词的意思和句意可知答案。