breakfast. Often he would work by candle light into the evening. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter A! Then others went to work with Murray, including his two daughters. He worked on the dictionary until he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished it. It included more than 15,000 words in twelve books. And you thought your English dictionary was big!

10. Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading?

A. People didn't know how to spell words in the days before a dictionary.

B. Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did all the work on dictionaries.

C. Collecting words for the dictionary is an easy job.

D. Oxford University decided to edit its new dictionary in 1877.

11. It took Murry _______ years to complete the letter A.

A. five B. less than five C. more than five D. ten

12. We can infer ______________ from the last paragraph.

A. James Murry taught himself while working.

B. The Oxford English was finished in ten years.

C. When the Oxford English Dictionary was finished, Murray had passed away.

D. Murry's daughters helped him to complete the dictionary.

D.

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