Question

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 Qin Dynasty. They spent 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 Oxford English Dictionary（牛津字典）. 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（編者）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 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 year, 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. 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. collage

6.A. Later      B. Longer 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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：你可能認為英文字典已經使用了許多世紀。事實上，現在你們常用的英文字典直到清朝時期才出現。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.考查動詞及語境理解，句意：事實上，現在你們常用的英文字典直到清朝時期才出現。use 用； write 寫； copy  抄寫； Miss想念。 故選A。

2.考查形容詞及語境理解，句意：在字典編制過程中他們做了最重要的早期工作。easy 容易的； boring  無聊的；early 早的； dangerous危險的。 故選C。

3.考查動詞及語境理解，句意：他們幾乎花了一生的時間去為字典收集單詞。spell拼寫； invent 發明；collect  收集；make制造。故選 C。

4.考查名詞及語境理解，句意：編撰這部字典的設想是在1857年英國的一次會議提出的。way 方法，方式； idea 主意，想法； use 用途；. Prize獎。結合語境可知選 B。

5.考查名詞及語境理解，句意：默里從來沒有去過大學。school學校；cinema電影院； village 村莊；collage大學。根據下句At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank. 6. he became a great teacher.可推知此句是說他從來沒有上過大學，故選 D。

7.考查副詞及語境理解，句意：后來他成為了一個偉大的老師。Later 晚些時候； Longer before再之前；So far到現在為止；. Ever since自那時以來。根據上文At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank. 和后句he became a great teacher可推知此處選 A。

8.考查動詞及語境理解，句意：為了做這項工作他在他的花園里建造了一個小屋。sold 賣；built 建造；broken 損壞；drawn畫。此處選B，過去分詞短語作后置定語。

9.考查動詞及語境理解，句意：穆雷在五點鐘起床后就在那小屋子里工作好幾個小時才吃早飯。read讀；wrote  寫； worked 工作；thought想，認為。故選C。

10.考查副詞及語境理解，句意：但五年后，他仍然為字母“A”添加單詞。already 已經；still 仍然，還；usually 通常；always 總是。根據句意結合語境可知選B。

11.考查連詞及語境理解，句意：他從事字典編纂工作直到老。if 如果； because 因為； until 直到；since自從。根據最后一句Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.可推知選 C。

考點：故事類短文。