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1、Ahealthylife一、阅读理解OxfordEnglishDictionary(OED)editorsrecentlynotedthatthethreeletterword“run”hasindeedbeethesinglewordwiththemostmeaningswithabout645differentusagecasesfortheverbformalone,makingitthemostplicatedwordintheEnglishlanguage.Thevariousdefiniti
2、onsof“run”featuredintheOED'supingthirdeditionbeginwiththeobvious“togowithquicksteps”,thencontinuetorunonfor75columnsoftype.Howcouldthreelittlelettersberesponsibleforsomuchmeaning?Contextiseverything.Thinkaboutit:Whenyourunafever,forexample,thosethreelett
3、ershaveaverydifferentmeaningthanwhenyourunabathtotreatit,orwhenyourbathwaterrunsoverandwetsyourcottonbathrunner,forcingyoutorunouttothestoreandbuyanewone.Andwhenyouranoveranailintheparkinglotandnowyourcarwon'tevenrunproperly...God—you'ddothingsdifferentl
4、yifyourantheworld.WhentheOED'sfirsteditioncameoutin1928,thelongestentrybelongedtoanotherthreeletterword:“set”.Eventoday,theprinteditionoftheOEDcontainssome200meanings,beginningwith“put,lay,orstand”andcontinuingonforabout32pages.Sowhathappened?Britishauth
5、orSimonWinchesterbelieves“afeatureofourmoreenergetictimes”madewordlike“set”seemmorepassivebyparison.“Run”appearstohaveearnedsomemajorliftduringtheIndustrialRevolution.“Machinesrun,clocksrun,putersrun—allofthosemeaningsbeganinthemiddleofthe19thcentury,”Wi
6、nchestersays.So,readytorunthroughthewholelistofdefinitions?Ah,toreadall645meaningsyou'llhavetowaitforthenexteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary.1.Whichphrasehasthefirstmeaningof“run”intheupingthirdeditionofOED?A.Torunafever.B.Torunouttothestore.C.Torunab
7、ath.D.Torunamachine.2.WhatdoesthewriterintendtotellusinParagraph3?A.Variousmeaningsoftheword“run”.B.Howtouse“run”inspecificcases.C.Howtolearnabouttheword“run”.D.Differentwaystoruntheworld.3.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.“Run”isthemostdifficultword.B.Themea
8、ningof“set”continuesonfor75columnsoftype.C.“Run”hadthemostmeaningsin1928.D.“Run”has645meaningsfortheverbforminthethirdeditionofOED.4.Whatmade“run”beethewordwiththemostmeaningsaccordingtoWinchester?A.OxfordEnglishDictionary
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