Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. The spelling of English has always been a problem. 【1】 Then people could spell words in different ways which you might find interesting. But it made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the late Qing Dynasty. 【2】 They are Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray. These men spent nearly all of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it was not only a job; it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED for short.

【3】 At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house built in the garden behind his house to do his work. Part of it was one meter underground. 【4】 He had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and worked several hours before breakfast. 【5】 Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter A! Forty-four years in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

A. In winter it felt like a barn.

B. Murray had never been to college.

C. He worked on the dictionary until he was very old.

D. Often he would work by candle light into the evening.

E. But it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary.

F. Three men did most of the important early work on dictionaries.

G. The idea of this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：你可能認為英文字典已經(jīng)使用了許多世紀。事實上，現(xiàn)在你們常用的英文字典直到清朝時期才出現(xiàn)。本文介紹了世界上最大的字典牛津英語詞典的編纂歷史。

【1】E根據(jù)上句：英語拼寫一直以來都是個問題。再根據(jù)空格下句：然后人們可以用不同的方式拼寫單詞，你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)這很有趣。可知此處的意思是：但是在詞典問世之前拼寫更是個問題。故選E。

【2】F根據(jù)下句：They are Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray.他們是Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster,和 James Murray�？芍�上句的意思是：三個人做了編纂詞典前期最重要的大部分工作。這樣上下句銜接緊密，故選F。

【3】B根據(jù)下句：在他十四歲的時候，他離開了蘇格蘭的鄉(xiāng)村學校，并在銀行工作期間自學。后來成了一位了不起的老師�？芍狟. Murray had never been to college.Murray從來沒有上過大學。符合題意，故選B。

【4】A根據(jù)前文：Murray為了做他的工作把一個小房子建在他家后面的花園里。它的一部分在地下一米。可知在冬天它看上去像一個谷倉。故選A，

【5】D根據(jù)上句：每天早上，Murray五點起床，早飯前工作幾個小時。再根據(jù)空格下句：Murray希望能在十年內(nèi)完成新詞典。可知：他晚上也會工作到深夜。故選D。