Question

This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. It uses a special alphabet (特殊字母表) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音標) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just have a look at this page when you’re not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained and easy to understand.

1. According to the passage, “neighbor” is used in ______ English.

A. Australian B. Canadian

C. American D. British

2. In Paragraph 5, what does the underlined word “definition” mean?

A. 詞性 B. 詞條 C. 詞庫 D. 詞義

3. The dictionary explains ______.

A. some of the difficult words B. all the words in a simple way

C. all the easy words D. the words of two meanings

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文給我們介紹了一本英語字典，其內容包括英文單詞以及怎么樣在讀、寫、說中應用它們。其他內容還包括怎樣正確應用字典，查單詞時遇到的問題、這本字典還能幫助你正確發音、單詞的意義等。

1.

2.2】推理判斷題。這個題目問的是，按照這篇短文，“neighbor”應用于哪種英語里。根據“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English.可以推斷出neighbour應該用于英國英語，neighbor應用于美國英語。應該選C。

3.3】細節理解題。這個題目問的是，在第五段中，劃線單詞“definition”什么意思？據The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.可知“definition”的意思是the meaning of a word詞義。故選D。

考點：學習用品類短文閱讀。