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 really all their lives trying to _____ words for their dictionaries. For _____,it was a wonderful journey. The _____ 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(编者)of its new _____.

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. Later he became a great _____ and was popular with his students. After Oxford gave him the job,Murray built a small ______ 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. He worked so hard that he often would work into ______. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years,he was ______ adding words for the letter “A”！He worked on the dictionary until he was very ______.

Forty-­four years later,in 1928,other editors finished the largest dictionary. It was really ______ work.

【1】A.write B.use C.copy D.miss

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

【3】A.spell B.collect C.invent D.make

【4】A.them B.us C.him D.it

【5】A.newest B.largest C.oldest D.thinnest

【6】A.way B.use C.idea D.prize

【7】A.dictionary B.book C.magazine D.website

【8】A.church B.cinema C.work D.college

【9】A.writer B.doctor C.actor D.teacher

【10】A.house B.school C.theatre D.library

【11】A.read B.wrote C.worked D.thought

【12】A.noon B.afternoon C.evening D.night

【13】A.already B.still C.usually D.always

【14】A.glad B.proud C.old D.worried

【15】A.hard B.interesting C.relaxing D.special