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 thousands of English words? 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.
小題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
小題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
小題3:In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
A．begins with ZB．begins with A
C．is a short oneD．is not often used
小題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
小題5:In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.
A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
B．a(chǎn)n English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
C．a(chǎn)n English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study
D．a(chǎn)ll English-Chinese dictionary are the same

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A

小題1:理解推斷題，綜合全文可以理解，整篇文章介紹的就是怎樣使用英漢字典
小題2:細節(jié)理解題，由文中的句子“It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. ”可知。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題，由文中的句子“all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order.”可知英漢字典的單詞順序是按照字母順序排列的。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。
小題5:理解推斷題，綜合全文可以理解。
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