阅读理解。
When you are reading something in English, you may often find a new word . What's the best way
to know it?
You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary . It will tell you a lot about the word: the
pronunciation, the part of speech , the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word . But how can
you know where the word is in thousands of English words ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly
and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order (按字母顺序排列). In the
dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A , then B , C , D , E , … 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…
1.When you don't know a word , the best way is ________.
A. to ask your teacher
B. to think hard
C. to do nothing
D. to look it up in a dictionary
2.When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should understand not only
its Chinese meaning , but also________ .
A. its pronunciation
B. its part of speech
C. the use of it
D. its pronunciation, the part of speech and the use of it
3. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the first part is ________.
A. the words beginning with the letter A
B. the words beginning with F
C. the simple words
D. the very short words
4. Here are four words, "blind" , "monument" , "murder" and "boyhood" . Their right order in
the English-Chinese dictionary is ________.
A. blind, boyhood , murder, monument
B. blind, boyhood, monument, murder
C. boyhood, blind monument, murder
D. monument, murder, blind, boyhood
5. The English-Chinese dictionary is ________.
A. useful in learning Chinese
B. Our good friend in learning Chinese
C. Our good friend in learning English
D. not useful in learning English
