__3__words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is the 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(编者) 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. 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. way B. use C. idea D. prize
( )5. A. school B. cinema C. village D. college ( )6. A. Ever since B. Since then C. So far D. Later ( )7. A. built B. sold 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. unless
Cloze 7(2018曲靖)
In the 1920s, a poor, young painter was making a living in Kansas on his own. He used an old garage(车库) as his workplace. He worked __1__ day and night. However, he was not __2__ in the garage. There were mice, too. Every night when he tried to sleep, the mice made lots of noise. But he was too tired to drive them away.
One day, a little mouse came to the painter. It looked at him directly. Its small eyes were __3__．
“It must be __4__， too.” The painter gave the little mouse some bread. The mouse ate it and
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went away.
“It will be back，” the painter thought.
The next day, the little mouse came __5__. The painter gave it some bread another time. The little mouse danced on the floor happily.
After that, the little mouse came to the painter every day. The painter __6__ it very much. He even allowed it to dance on his drawing board. At that time, the little mouse was his only friend.
Later, the painter got a job in Hollywood. He had to design(设计) a __7__ for an animal cartoon. He thought and thought, __8__ he had no ideas. Then the picture of the little mouse dancing on his drawing board came to his mind. He quickly __9__ his brush. With a few strokes(笔画), __10__ cartoon character in history—Mickey Mouse—was born.
As you know, the name of the poor young painter was Walt Disney. ( )1. A. hardly B. hard C. bored D. interesting ( )2. A. along B. lonely C. alone D. long ( )3. A. shone B. to shine C. shine D. shining ( )4. A. hungry B. cold C. thirsty D. sleepy ( )5. A. down B. away C. off D. again ( )6. A. liked B. disliked C. hated D. scared ( )7. A. brush B. character C. gift D. sign ( )8. A. or B. so C. but D. and
( )9. A. put up B. looked up C. gave up D. picked up ( )10. A. great B. the greatest C. greater D. more great
Cloze 8(2018新疆建设兵团)
You may think there is only sand in the desert (沙漠) of the world, __1__ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little __2__， but it is not __3__ for most plants. Still we can see some plants live in the desert.
There is __4__ in some places in the desert. We call these places oases (绿洲). In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow all kinds of crops in the fields there.
People __5__ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend on the desert plants for their food and do not need __6__ water.
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The animals are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.
The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always __7__ grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to __8__ place. The desert people are __9__. No man in the desert would ever __10__ to help the people in trouble and give them food and water.
( )1. A. and B. but C. or D. so ( )2. A. rain B. rains C. wind D. winds ( )3. A. well enough B. enough well C. good enough D. enough good
( )4. A. sand B. plants C. woods D. water ( )5. A. also B. too C. either D. still
( )6. A. a little B. too many C. too much D. some ( )7. A. look at B. look for C. look up D. look after ( )8. A. other B. the other C. others D. another ( )9. A. well B. friend C. friendly D. carefully ( )10. A. agree B. refuse C. promise D. want
Cloze 9(2018桂林)
The universe is really mystical(神秘的). Scientists have done lots of study about it but there is still much they haven't discovered.
Scientists think that there __1__ life on the earth for many many years. However, we haven't found life on any other planets __2__．
There are eight planets going around the sun. The earth is one of them. There are humans, animals, plants and many other kinds of life on the earth. There is water and air, too. And compared to the other planets, the earth is not too __3__ or too cold. None of seven other planets has an environment like that of the earth.
The sun and its planets are called the solar system, and our solar system is a small part of a __4__ larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way. There are __5__ stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them.
Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe. Their light has to travel
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for many years to reach us. So __6__ is the universe? It is impossible to imagine. Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet Mars __7__ photos. They have even sent spaceships to travel outside __8__. However, no spaceship has travelled __9__ to reach other stars in our Galaxy.
When we see stars twinkling(闪耀) in the sky at night, we may think a lot: __10__ so many stars in the universe, is there life out there in space? If there is life on other planets, what life will be like there? What transports do they use to travel? Why don't they visit us? We do not know the answers...
( )1. A. is going to be B. are going to be C. has been D. have been
( )2. A. yet B. already C. still D. just ( )3. A. cool B. warm C. hot D. wet ( )4. A. most B. more C. many D. much ( )5. A. 200 billions of B. 200 billion of C. billions of D. billion of
( )6. A. how large B. how far C. how wide D. how long ( )7. A. taking B. to take C. take D. took ( )8. A. Mars B. the sun C. the earth D. the solar system ( )9. A. enough far B. far enough C. enough close D. close enough
( )10. A. with B. without C. by D. on
, 小 词 典)
1．efficiently adv.有效地 2.retail n．零售 3.flat adj.平的 4．Greek n．希腊人 5.survey v．勘测 6.Qing Dynasty清朝 7．editor n．编者 8.desert n．沙漠
9．oasis (pl.oases) n. 绿洲 10.mystical adj.神秘的
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