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1、Helpingpeoplearoundtheworld李仕才一、阅读理解。OxfordEnglishDictionary(OED)editorsrecentlynotedthatthethreeletterword“run”hasindeedbecomethesinglewordwiththemostmeaningswithabout645differentusagecasesfortheverbformalone,makingitthemostcomplicatedwordintheEnglishlanguage.Thevariousdefinitionsof“run
2、”featuredintheOED'supcomingthirdeditionbeginwiththeobvious“togowithquicksteps”,thencontinuetorunonfor75columnsoftype.Howcouldthreelittlelettersberesponsibleforsomuchmeaning?Contextiseverything.Thinkaboutit:Whenyourunafever,forexample,thosethreelettershaveaverydifferentmeaningthanwhenyour
3、unabathtotreatit,orwhenyourbathwaterrunsoverandwetsyourcottonbathrunner,forcingyoutorunouttothestoreandbuyanewone.Andwhenyouranoveranailintheparkinglotandnowyourcarwon'tevenrunproperly...God—you'ddothingsdifferentlyifyourantheworld.WhentheOED'sfirsteditioncameoutin1928,thelongestentrybel
4、ongedtoanotherthreeletterword:“set”.Eventoday,theprinteditionoftheOEDcontainssome200meanings,beginningwith“put,lay,orstand”andcontinuingonforabout32pages.Sowhathappened?BritishauthorSimonWinchesterbelieves“afeatureofourmoreenergetictimes”madewordlike“set”seemmorepassivebycomparison.“Run”
5、appearstohaveearnedsomemajorliftduringtheIndustrialRevolution.“Machinesrun,clocksrun,computersrun—allofthosemeaningsbeganinthemiddleofthe19thcentury,”Winchestersays.So,readytorunthroughthewholelistofdefinitions?Ah,toreadall645meaningsyou'llhavetowaitforthenexteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDic
6、tionary.1.Whichphrasehasthefirstmeaningof“run”intheupcomingthirdeditionofOED?A.Torunafever.B.Torunouttothestore.C.Torunabath.D.Torunamachine.2.WhatdoesthewriterintendtotellusinParagraph3?A.Variousmeaningsoftheword“run”.B.Howtouse“run”inspecificcases.C.Howtolearnabouttheword“run”.D.Differ
7、entwaystoruntheworld.3.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.“Run”isthemostdifficultword.B.Themeaningof“set”continuesonfor75columnsoftype.C.“Run”hadthemostmeaningsin1928.D.“Run”has645meaningsfortheverbforminthethirdeditionofOED.4.Whatmade“run”becomethewordwiththemostmeaningsaccordi
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