短文填空，根据上下文意思填入所缺单词。    The word “encyclopaedia

短文填空，根据上下文意思填入所缺单词。

   The word “encyclopaedia” comes from Greek. It __1___(mean) “general education”. An encyclopaedia is _2__ kind of reference book(参考书) and it contains the information from either all branches of knowledge ___3__ a special branch of knowledge.

People ___4___(begin) to use it about 2,000 years ago. The __5___(old) one is Naturalis Historiaand. __6__ was written by Pliny the Elder. The modern encyclopaedias developed from dictionaries around the 17th century. Some encyclopaedias are made up __7___ only one volume(册), but __8____ may have lots of volumes. There _9____(be) also some online encyclopaedias, such as Wikipedia. They are often free for people __10___(look) for information.

1.Means   2.a   3.or   4.began   5.oldest

6.It   7.of  8.others   9.are  10.to look