Question

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

You need an English-Chinese dictionary (字典).It will tell you a lot about the word, for example (例如) , how to read this word ,what it means in Chinese and how to use this word. But there are so many English words in the dictionary and how can you know where the word is? There is a way to look for it.

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 , “desk” and “hour”, “desk” will be before “hour”; “story” “before” “Sunday”, “tomato” before “tomorrow” etc. The English-Chinese dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will often use it in your English learning.

1. When you don’t know a new word, the best way according to the passage is _________.

A. to ask your teacher    B. to guess

C. to ask your friends    D. to use a dictionary

2. What does “come across” mean (意思) in Chinese in the passage?

A. 遇到         B.撞倒         C. 越过        D.过来

3.Here are four words, “face”, “autumn”, “film” and “April”.

Their right order (次序) in the English-Chinese dictionary is _________.

A. April, autumn, face, film

B. film, face, April, autumn

C. face, film, April, autumn

D. April, face, film, autumn

4.This passage is about _______.

A. how to use the right words in your English writing

B. how to read the new words in the English story

C. how to use an English-Chinese dictionary

D. how to choose a right English-Chinese dictionary

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文简明扼要地介绍了怎样使用英汉词典。英语词典会告诉你很多关于这个词的知识例如，这个字怎么念，这意味着什么，如何使用这个词。在字典里先可以看到字母A开头的单词，然后依次是B，C，D，E等开头的。

1.细节理解题。根据文中You need an English-Chinese dictionary可知需要一本英语词典,所以该选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据文中When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word .What’s the best way to know it?的描述可知come across的意思为：遇到，所以该选A。

3.细节理解题。根据文中In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B,C,D,E…可知在字典里先可以看到字母A开头的单词，然后依次是B，C，D，E等开头的。所以该选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据本文主要介绍如何使用英汉词典可知该选C。

考点：教育类阅读。