贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语一轮 课时作业(四十) Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 新人教版选修8.docVIP

贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（40）附答案 课时作　[选修8　Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors](限时：45分钟)阅读理解[2012·山东卷] Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations(引文)showing how it was used. This was a huge task, so Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in Englis