Question

 This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use your dictionary correctly, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and American spelling, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标 ) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just look at the inside back cover when you're not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word — its definition.

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2, 000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simple and easy to understand.

1.________ of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

A．All

B．Some

C．Few

D．One

2.What is the main reason for us to use a dictionary？

A．To read the word correctly.

B．To write the word out.

C．To know the meaning of the word.

D．To find the difference between British English and American English.

3.The phonetic letters helps you ________ each word correctly.

A．say

B．write

C．understand

D．know

4.The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is________.

A．词性

B．词条

C．词义

D．词库

5.How many words are there in this dictionary?

A．Two thousand.

B．One thousand.

C．One hundred.

D．We don't know.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

1.此题需要仔细推敲第二段文字，通过理解段意(如果熟悉英文词典或懂得一些英文词典的使用常识则可以直接进行选择)和推敲四个选项的词语意思而确定。All和One都属于“走极端”的选项，不能入选；Few本义是“几乎没有”，不符合文意，只有B项正确。

2.细节题: It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.可知选C 。

3.通过文中“We use a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation.”一句判断。关键词是“pronunciation(发音)”，清楚这个词的意思，我们无疑会选择A。

4.应重点参考5—6段。实际上，第五段中已有“to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.”。“meaning of a word”中没有生词，那么，选择对应的汉语“词义”岂不易如反掌！选C

5.要读完全文后，才能确认。因为文中提到的数字只有一个“2000”，但它决不是词典的收词数，而是用来“简单解释”词义的用词数。文中并没有提及词典的“收词量”，因此，答案应该是D。