Almost 55,000 people who have had a major impact on British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to compile.
It has cost more than ￡25 million and taken 10,000 writers to update the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Murder victims Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger are among those joining the likes of Queen Victoria and Gandhi.
The new version of the dictionary, which was founded in 1882, costs ￡7,500 and takes up 12 feet of shelf space.
Projects director Robert Faber said Stephen Lawrence was included because his death triggered "dramatic developments in British policing and social policy".
Women make up 10% of the entries - double the previous share - and include Queen Elizabeth I, Dusty Springfield, Linda McCartney and Virginia Woolf, whose father compiled the first edition.
Alongside the famous names are lesser known individuals such as the inventor of snooker, army reservist (預備役軍人) Neville Chamberlain.
Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger were both included because of the "overwhelming soul-searching (真摯的自我反省、深思) and examination of education and social policy" which followed their deaths.
Mr Faber said: "These are not just people who were killed but people who had an impact. Jill Dando is there as much for her career but also because her death became a public event.
"So many of these people have seized the public imagination and have contributed to public debate."？

【小題1】
A．About 5.B．About 55.C．About 550.D． About 5500.
【小題2】It can be inferred that Jill Dando _____.
A．died in a case of murder which drew the public much attention
B．isn’t included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
C．is the director of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
D．is included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography only for her death
【小題3】_____ are collected in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
A．Those who were murdered in historyB．Those who have shaped Britain
C．Those who are famous all over the worldD．Those who live in Britain
【小題4】How much does a volume of the new version cost on average?
A．More than ￡25million.B．More than ￡400, 000.C．￡7, 500.D．￡125


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D

解析【小題1】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)首句“詞典收錄了將近5.5萬名對英國社會有重大影響的人物”和短文中的“Women make up 10% of the entries”一句計算可知。
【小題2】推斷題。短文倒數(shù)第二段費伯先生說：“他們不僅是單純的遇害者，他們也是有影響的人物。Jill Dando被編入字典不僅僅是因為她的職業(yè)，也因為她的死成為公眾關注的事件” 由此可推斷Jill Dando也是被謀殺致死。
【小題3】推斷題。根據(jù)短文首句及全文所列舉的人物，他們都是對英國有重大影響的人物。由此判斷可知。
【小題4】計算題。此次新版的詞典總共60卷，全套7500英鎊，平均每卷125英鎊。

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