考博英语改错模拟练习题及答案解析（83）
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The word encyclopedia began as a Greek word and means "instruction in the whole circle." It was the first used in __1__ English by sir Thomas Eloyt in 1538. Encyclopedias today are usually arranged in alphabetical order, but in early times
they were arranged in any way the author liked. One writer in the Middle Ages began with a discussion of God and angels and end with descriptions of scents and colors and __2__a list of 36 different kinds of eggs. The first alphabetically arranged encyclopedia was published in 1704 by an English clergyman named after John Harris. __3__The oldest encyclopedia in reality was written during the __4__first century A.D. by Plainy, a Roman. Its 37 volumes list over 20 thousand items. It is valued highly for hundreds __5__of years. Up to 1536 43 editions had been published.The largest encyclopedia, the third Chinese encyclopedia containing over 5020 volumes and was compiled during the __6__eighteenth century. Between 1751 and 1765 the French Encyclopedia appeared. This collecton was usual because __7__contemporary famous men, imcluded Voltarie, Rousseau, and __8__Diderot, wrote aticles for it. The Encyclopedia Britannica is probably the best known work for English-speaking people. It first appeared in Scotland __9__in 1771. In 1961 the world Book Company published a braille edition of its encyclopedia for blind readers. __10__
答案及解析:
1. 去掉first前面的the
2. end—ended
ended与began一同做谓语
3. 去掉named后面的after
4. reality—existence
此处表示“现存的”
5. is—was
6. containing—contains
7. ususl—unusual
8. included—including
9. people—peoples
表示“民族”
10. its之后加own
强调该百科全书属于the world book company特有