one of the greatest contributions to the first oxford english dictionary was also one of its most unusual高考閱讀答案

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1、OneofthegreatestcontributionstothefirstOxfordEnglishDictionarywasalsooneofitsmostunusual高考閱讀答案　　OneofthegreatestcontributionstothefirstOxfordEnglishDictionarywasalsooneofitsmostunusual.In1879,OxfordUniversityinEnglandaskedProf.JamesMurraytoserveaseditorforwhatwastobethemostambitiousdictionaryinthehi

2、storyoftheEnglishlanguage.ItwouldincludeeveryEnglishwordpossibleandwouldgivenotonlythedefinitionbutalsothehistoryofthewordandquotations(引文)showinghowitwasused.　　Thiswasahugetask.SoMurraryhadtofindvolunteersfromBritain,theUnitedStates,andtheBritishcoloniestosearcheverynewspaper,magazine,andbookeverwr

3、itteninEnglish.Hundredsofvolunteersresponded,includingWilliamChesterMinor.Dr.MinorwasanAmericanSurgeonwhohadservedintheCivilWarandwasnowlivinginEngland.Hegavehisaddressas“Broadmoor,Crowthorne,Berkshire,””50milesfromOxford.　　MinorjoinedthearmyofvolunteerssendingwordsandquotationstoMurray.Overthenexty

4、ears,hebecameoneofthestaff’smostvaluedcontributors.　　Buthewasalsoamystery.Inspiteofmanyinvitations,hewouldalwaysdeclinetovisitOxford.Soin1897，MurrayfinallydecidedtotraveltoCrowthornehimself.Whenhearrived,hefoundMinorlockedinabook-linedcellattheBroadmoorAsylumfortheCriminallyinsane.　　MurrayandMinorbe

5、camefriends,sharingtheirloveofwords.Minorcontinuedcontributingtothedictionary,sendinginmorethan10,000submissionsin20years.MurraycontinuedtovisitMinorregularly,sometimestakingwalkswithhimaroundtheasylumgrounds.　　In1910,MinorleftBroadmoorforanasyluminhisnativeAmerica.Murraywasattheporttowavegoodbyetoh

6、isremarkablefriend.　　Minordiedin1920,sevenyearsbeforethefirsteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDictionarywascompleted.The12volumesdefined414,825words,andthousandsofthemwerecontributionsfromaveryscholarlyanddevotedasylumpatient.　　本文321個單詞，主要講了有關(guān)于JamesMurray和WilliamChesterMinor（牛津英語字典的編纂者）的人生事跡。　　61.Accordingt

7、othetext,thefirstOxfordEnglishDictionary_________.　　A.cameoutbeforeminordied　　B.waseditedbyanAmericanvolunteer　　C.includedtheEnglishwordsinventedbyMurray　　D.wasintendedtobethemostambitiousEnglishdicti

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