If you don’t use a dictionary. What should you do instead? The first thing you can do is trying to guess what the word means. Often the surrounding context gives a very clear idea of the meaning of the word. Even if you can’t work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea, enough to enable you to continue reading.

Sometimes It is impossible to guess the meaning of a word from the context and then you will have to decide whether the word is important enough to make it worthwhile stopping and looking it up in a dictionary or whether you can just pass it by.

Many times in your reading, you will come across words which you don’t know, but which do not prevent you from understanding all the main points of the text. You can made your dictionary use much more efficient if you only look up the words which are necessary to understand the text. and this means that you must develop the skill to decide whether the words are worth looking up.

The passage mainly tells us in our reading what we would do          .

      A．without knowledge of English                           

       B．when we look up words in a dictionary

C．when we are guessing new words                

D．without using a dictionary

What does the underlined word“vague”mean?

      A．Mysterious.      B．Not clear.  C．Exact.      D．Important.

In our reading some words we don’t know          .

      A．help us to understand the text well               

B．don’t prevent us from understanding the main points of the text

C．will be remembered forever

D．are borrowed from other languages

In this passage the writer         

      A．advised us to use the dictionary as much as possible

      B．told us not to be discouraged by the sight of a dictionary

      C．gave us some advice on how to deal with these unknown words

      D．introduced some ways to take notes in the course of reading

But some day, all our hard work will_______; we will attend the university of our choice and go on to have a great career.?

A. turn out     B. pay off       C. work out    D. go out?

Considering his health, I advise him to _____an hour or two each day to work out.

A．set aside

B．set off

C．set up

D．set about

 

You can't work out this problem ___in this way.

A.rather than      B .other than     C.or rather      D.or else        

Every ten years there is a national census （人口普查）to count the number of people. The Census Office asks every household to answer questions on a census form.

The census counts...

● the number of people in each area

● the numbers of men and women and whether they are single, married, widowed or divorced

● how many children there are, how many teenagers, people in their twenties, thirties, forties... retired people and so on

The census counts people by...

● the kind of housing they live in

● the country in which they were born

● the kind of job they do and how they travel to work

Some uses of the census:

Housing: to work out present and future needs we must know how people are housed now, and the sizes and ages of their families.

Hospitals, schools and other local services: the size of annual grants made by the Government to these services depends largely on the numbers and needs of people in the area. Many of the figures come from the census.

Planning: the census shows how many people have moved from one area to another and how the local workforce is changing. This information is used when factories, offices, shops, public transport and places for leisure are being planned.

In strict confidence

The census is taken in order to provide figures about the nation as a whole; it does not give information about any named person, family or household.

Names and addresses are needed to take the census accurately, but they are not fed into the computer.  After the census, the forms are locked away and will not be released to anyone outside the Census Office for 100 years.

The answers you give on your census form will be treated in strict confidence. NO one outside the Census Office will see your completed form.  Everyone working on the census is sworn to secrecy and can be charged if he or she improperly reveals information.

1.The writer is mainly ________ in this passage.

A．persuading people to support census

B．giving information about the importance and practice of census

C．showing the government’s determination in conducting census

D．warning people not to provide inaccurate information

2.The census is not interested in ________.

A．how many houses you have               B．how old you are

C．what your job is                         D．how much money you have

3.The census shows the changes that have taken place regarding ________.

A．the size of hospitals in the area

B．the types of public transport in the area

C．the number of people who work in the area

D．the use of power in the area

4.The following statements are true except _________.

A．the information is not fed into a computer

B．the census gives information about the whole country

C．the people who don’t work on the census will not see the completed forms

D．it is illegal for people to disclose the confidential information on census