中考英语完形填空原创加真题改编(九)

中考英语完形填空原创加真题改编(九) Passage 1 完形填空 体 裁 话 题 英文词数 记叙文 英语文化 305 English dictionaries are very familiar to many people. It is a necessary learning tool for English learners. English dictionaries have a history and development of over 600 years. The first English dictionary was published in 1604. The dictionary was 1 a list of about 3000 difficult words, each followed by a one-word definition(定义). The writer, Robert Cawdrey, didn’t try to include everyday words in his dictionary. No one, he infer, would ever have to 2 a word in a dictionary if he already knew the meaning of the word. During the 1600’s more dictionaries were published. Each followed Cawdrey’s lead and 3 a few thousand hard words. Around 1700 one dictionary maker, John Kersey, did define easy words as well as hard words. But until the 1750’s all the dictionaries were rather crude(粗糙的) and not very 4 . A man named Dr. Samuel Johnson 5 all this. In 1755 Dr. Johnson produced the first modern dictionary. He included in his dictionary all important words, both easy and hard, and he gave good meanings. He also gave good sentences to show 6 each word was actually used in speech and in writing. By the end of the 1700’s most dictionary makers had followed Johnsons’s 7 . Dictionaries were getting better and better. The 1800’s saw the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries. In England scholars (学者) 8 the Oxford English Dictionary, a twenty-volume(卷) work. One of the most interesting features of the Oxford English Dictionary is its word histories. It traces(追溯) the history of each word 9 its earlier recorded use up to the time of the printing of the dictionary. Up to now, the dictionary includes more than 610,000 words and phrases. Oxford English dictionary is 10 as the most authoritative English Dictionary and is known as the treasure house of the English world. from over through ( )1. A. actually B. mostly C. mainly D. widely ( )2. A.