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One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of itsmost unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editorfor what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It wouldinclude every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history ofthe word and quotations (引文)showing how it was used.This was a huge task. So Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, andthe British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English.Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an AmericanSurgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as“Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,”” 50 miles from Oxford.Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the nextyears, he became one of the staff‟s most valued contributors.But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visitOxford. So in 1897， Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, hefound Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally insane.Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributingto the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visitMinor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the portto wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary wascompleted. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributionsfrom a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.
61.According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary _________.
(A)came out before minor died
(B)was edited by an American volunteer
(C)included the English words invented by Murray
(D)was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary

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答案：D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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