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“Lookitupinthedictionary”istheusualcommentwhenpeoplearein

doubtaboutthemeaningorspellingofaword.Dictionariesareconsideredthe

finalauthorityonthesemattersaswellasonpronunciationsandotherfacts

aboutaword.

Untilafewhundredyearsago,however,peoplecouldnot“lookitup”

becausetherewerenoEnglishdictionaries.TheancientGreeksandRomansand

thescholarsoftheMiddleAgeshadmadelistsofLatinandGreekwords.

71(因为上下句为过去时,所以此处必填过去时,在F和G选项中选择.下句中出现了年代,所以此处选择有年代的选项.G.Butitwasnot

until1604thatabookofuncommonEnglishwordsappeared.)Thefirstgreat

EnglishdictionarylistingbothcommonanduncommonwordswaswrittenbySamuel

Johnsonin1755.

InAmerica,themostfamousnameindictionarywritingisthatofNoah

Webster.HestressedAmericanratherthanBritishwaysofspeaking.Hisgreat

dictionary,whichfirstappearedin1828,hasbeenrepublishedmanytimes.

72(A.Eachtime,ithasbeenupdated.)Thelatesteditionisstill

considered“the”dictionary.Itdefinesover450,000words,includingradar,

televisionandmanyothersundreamedofbyWebster.

73(根据下文综合字典的含义可以得知E项正确.E.Dictionariesthatlistallkindsofwordsare

knownasgeneraldictionaries.)Thehugeonesthatrestonstandsinlibraries

arecalledunabridged,meaning“notshortened.”Theytellnotonlyaword’s

meaningandspellingbutalsoitspronunciation,origin,history,partof

speech,grammaticalforms,andwaysofuse.Thesmalleronesdonotprovideall

thisinformation.

74(根据下文介绍多种字典,可知B项正确.B.Generaldictionariesarenottheonlykind)A

bilingualdictionary,suchasaSpanish-Englishdictionary,translateswords

fromonelanguageintoanother.Athesauruslistsotherwordsthatmeanthesame

aseachlistedword.Agazetteerlistsplacenames,andaglossaryisasmall

dictionaryinabookdefiningtechnicalwordsinthatbook.Therearealso

dictionariesofscientifictermsandonesonmanyothertopics.Thereisevena

dictionaryofslang.