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中考完形填空真题透视 第5期(附详解)

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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. Three men did most of the important (2)______ work on dictionaries. They spent nearly 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 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 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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collect [kə'lekt]

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v. 收集,聚集
v. 推论

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invent [in'vent]

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vt. 发明,创造,捏造

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boring ['bɔ:riŋ]

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adj. 令人厌烦的

 


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