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______.

A. new words in writing

B. different dictionaries

C. the best way of reading

D. using an English-Chinese dictionary

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

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

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

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

C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study

D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same

完形填空(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)

先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

“Where is the university(大学)?”This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥大学) ask. But no one can give them a answer, for no one can find any walls the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and of the thirty-one colleges.

Cambridge was a common town before the first students and teachers 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Cranta, and the river was once the Cam. A was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew muc in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now there are over 100,000 people in it. Many young students in other countries 44 to study at Cambridge. It has become a well-known place all around the world.

1.A. true B. clear C. right D. real

2.A. on B. around C. near D. by

3.A. libraries B. parks C. zoos D. markets

4.A. parents B. farmers C. workers D. teachers

5.A. yet B. already C. very D. also

6.A. reached B. got C. arrived D. arrived in

7. A. said B. called C. spoken D. talked

8.A. bridge B. building C. station D. house

9.A. smaller B. slower C. faster D. cleaner

10.A. stop B. hate C. dream D. need

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