The word encyclopedia began as a Greek word and means6 e2 L& E) |6 W/ \6 q# v
"instruction in the whole circle." It was the first used in __1__
; H+ o* O- N& |! ~7 X English by sir Thomas Eloyt in 1538. Encyclopedias today
; f2 N* B+ w G* i9 l are usually arranged in alphabetical order, but in early times
, ]+ p) F1 \( v/ e they were arranged in any way the author liked. One writer+ i/ w/ |( N; [5 L6 Z
in the Middle Ages began with a discussion of God and
F% n/ G( S2 ] angels and end with descriptions of scents and colors and __2__5 A4 O1 W8 j) l. a0 w- U
a list of 36 different kinds of eggs. The first
5 B$ _, e: ]( d7 r N# r) L alphabetically arranged encyclopedia was published in 1704# I9 p0 |; a) d7 {
by an English clergyman named after John Harris. __3__( M: B w% y5 O3 r! }4 \
The oldest encyclopedia in reality was written during the __4__
0 q$ q8 J- `' d7 U# z first century A.D. by Plainy, a Roman. Its 37 volumes* y! b1 i" b1 v6 c. n- S* L# p
list over 20 thousand items. It is valued highly for hundreds __5__' ^7 U/ r& p S
of years. Up to 1536 43 editions had been published.
" x7 C3 p) I- W- x ^# N The largest encyclopedia, the third Chinese encyclopedia
: W# v& g: p I, z) A5 W containing over 5020 volumes and was compiled during the __6__
: M, J4 C5 h4 x9 @8 l eighteenth century. Between 1751 and 1765 the French/ f9 a1 R) L# v$ `3 i0 U' e: c
Encyclopedia appeared. This collecton was usual because __7__" g- m% o5 A$ o
contemporary famous men, imcluded Voltarie, Rousseau, and __8__
& V0 I7 B1 F2 Z) j Diderot, wrote aticles for it.
, n, p# K* w8 b2 T, K. v; G The Encyclopedia Britannica is probably the best known) j* H9 g5 Z+ }9 l+ L
work for English-speaking people. It first appeared in Scotland __9__
7 q$ x+ `, {. D! v3 f+ i! e in 1771. In 1961 the world Book Company published a braille
4 X& N- `1 {6 N edition of its encyclopedia for blind readers. __10__
/ D3 Z4 f$ D. U4 `( P" @# h! J3 \ 答案及解析:& S- T# H( `% r ?+ c( M$ B
1. 去掉first前面的the
( c$ R% Q. G; e, Z3 z* R1 R: b 2. end—ended* D( r9 A) W! j5 {
ended与began一同做谓语! U/ T: q, `. `
3. 去掉named后面的after
. L0 U' T- [ A; f( | 4. reality—existence! S" y) e5 S: o9 t
此处表示“现存的”
6 j% u: s9 H+ W 5. is—was/ t# u5 {6 H; W4 n, S
6. containing—contains; l0 m& L J3 k
7. ususl—unusual) \# }7 W: q: b5 l3 a4 }$ e1 G
8. included—including |$ ?5 M7 w; [* N1 K& J
9. people—peoples" q' T( r. ^ Q, F' f0 I
表示“民族”- T; u' u5 L$ c6 k
10. its之后加own! \) _. R3 H- y9 ?& L/ ]
强调该百科全书属于the world book company特有 |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:29:10
