题目内容
The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转） of the earth. At the equator（赤道） day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜） toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球） gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than night. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
1. When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.
A. both day and night B. day C. neither day nor night D. night
2. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ______ of the earth.
A. the pushing B. the pulling C. the spinning D. the passing
3. At the equator day is as long as night ______.
A. sometimes B. never C. usually D. always
4. When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets _____ sunlight.
A. less B. more C. all D. no
5. When it is winter in China, ______.
A. the USA is tilted toward the sun B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun
C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun
DCABD
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.
1.This passage is about______.
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A．new words in writing |
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B．different dictionaries |
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C．the best way of reading |
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D．using an English-Chinese dictionary |
2.In the dictionary you may not find_______.
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A．how to pronounce the word |
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B．the spelling of the word |
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C．who used the word first |
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D．how to use the word |
3.In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
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A．begins with Z |
B．begins with A |
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C．is a short one |
D．is not often used |
4.Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?
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A．perhaps, produce, plenty |
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B．straight, subject, surprise |
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C．century, center, business |
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D．foreign, entrance, headache |
5.In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.
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A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English |
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B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word |
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C．an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study |
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D．all English-Chinese dictionary are the same |