شرکت در آزمون آنلاین انگلیسی 3 - انگلیسی 3 | آزمون شماره 11971

If I owned an isolated island, I .............................. a huge house by the beach.

Samuel Johnson is an amazing author. He began writing poetry as early as age 15, but throughout his lifetime, he wrote a great variety of works. For instance, he wrote plays and short biographies and articles. He wanted to be a teacher, but couldn’t find work. He tried to open a school, but too few students were interested so he turned to writing.

      Unfortunately, his family lost nearly all of their money and got poor. It was an extremely difficult time for them, and Johnson’s writing did not bring in the money they needed. He wanted to complete his education at Pembroke College in Oxford, but he didn’t have the money and was forced to quit early. He then tried to become a lawyer without a law degree and wasn’t accepted. Finally, he decided to write a dictionary.

The world had dictionaries, but the English wanted a new one, as language was constantly changing and developing. With just six helpers, Johnson read several prominent books and then compiled and defined more than 40,000 words that he found in those books.

      One of Johnson’s unique success was that he defined all of the differing meanings of single words. His dictionary proved to be a model for all English dictionaries that followed. Some of his definitions contained witty humor as well, and people actually enjoyed reading the dictionary! He also included quotes. His success took only nine years to complete. Samuel Johnson published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. As a result, Oxford University awarded Johnson an honorary master’s degree.

The passage provides enough information to answer which of the following questions?

When you …… something such as a report, book, or program, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.