Question

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?

You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc. Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

1.This passage is about______.

A．new words in writing                     B．different dictionaries

C．the best way of reading                   D．using an English-Chinese dictionary

2.In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A．how to pronounce the word               B．the spelling of the word

C．who used the word first                  D．how to use the word

3.In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A．begins with Z       B．begins with A       C．is a short one       D．is not often used

4.Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

A．perhaps, produce, plenty                 B．straight, subject, surprise

C．century, center, business                  D．foreign, entrance, headache

5.In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.

A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C．how to look up a word in a dictionary.

D．all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文作者主要講述了使用英漢詞典的方法。

1.根據短文描述，可知本文主要是談論如何使用英漢詞典的，故選D。

2.根據短文第二段描述，可知我們可以知道單詞的發音，拼寫和用法。故選C，誰首次使用這個單詞。

3.根據all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order.結合常識，26個英文字母中最后一個是z，故選A。

4.根據短文最后一段描述結合常識，可知只有選項B排序正確。

5.這篇短文作者主要講述了使用英漢詞典的方法，故選C。

考點：關于如何使用英漢詞典的說明文閱讀

點評：本題雖然長句較多，但是由于詞典的使用對于我們中學生來說已是一種常識性知識，故可以結合常識來理解短文，有的小題甚至根據常識即可完成。故本題完成較易。