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.考试吧

　　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：去掉first前面的the end—ended．ended与began一同做谓语 去掉named后面的after reality—existence．此处表示“现存的” is—was

　　6. containing—contains

　　7. ususl—unusual

　　8. included—including

　　9. people—peoples．表示“民族”考试吧

　　10. its之后加own．强调该百科全书属于the world book company特有