Question

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 ? 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.
【小题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

【小题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

【小题3】In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A．begins with Z

B．begins with A

C．is a short one

D．is not often used

【小题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

【小题5】In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.

A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C．how to look up a word in a dictionary.

D．all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】B
【小题5】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文作者主要讲述了使用英汉词典的方法。
【小题1】根据短文描述，可知本文主要是谈论如何使用英汉词典的，故选D。
【小题2】根据短文第二段描述，可知我们可以知道单词的发音，拼写和用法。故选C，谁首次使用这个单词。
【小题3】根据all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order.结合常识，26个英文字母中最后一个是z，故选A。
【小题4】根据短文最后一段描述结合常识，可知只有选项B排序正确。
【小题5】这篇短文作者主要讲述了使用英汉词典的方法，故选C。
考点：关于如何使用英汉词典的说明文阅读
点评：本题虽然长句较多，但是由于词典的使用对于我们中学生来说已是一种常识性知识，故可以结合常识来理解短文，有的小题甚至根据常识即可完成。故本题完成较易。