You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many,many centuries.In fact,an English dictionary you use__ today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty.Three men did most of the important editing___ work on dictionary.They spent nearly all their lives___ trying to collect words for their dictionary.For them,it was a wonderful journey.The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary.The idea___ 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 of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to college.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 teacher.After Oxford gave him the job,Murray had a small house before_ in his garden to do the work.Every morning,Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and worked_ in the small house several hours before breakfast.Often he would work into the night.Murray hope_ to finish the new dictionary until_ he was very old.Forty-four years later,in 1928,other editors finished the dictionary.
希望有所帮助.