题目内容

dictionary isuseful book．

A.
A，a
B.
The，the
C.
A，the
D.
/，/

A
分析：1．不定冠词可以用来表示“泛指”概念，就是“类”的概念。A dictionary is a useful book．(词典是有用的书)表示的是“只要是词典”的意思。A和An都是不定冠词，区别是：辅音声音前用a；元音声音前用an．此处useful的首字母是元音字母u，但发本身音，是辅音声音开始，所以用a．(延伸)1)大部分以辅音字母开始词是以辅音声音开始的，要注意以h开始的单词，如果h不发音，就是元音声音开始，前面应该用an；如果h发音，就是辅音声音开始，前面用a．如：an hour，an honest man/a history book，a half，a hall．2)y是单词的首字母时，不是元音字母，发辅音声音，前面用a：a young man，a yard．3)元音字母u是单词的首字母时，如果u发本身音，前面用a；反之用an，如：a useful book，a university/an uncle，an unforgettable day，an untidy room．4)元音字母e是首字母时，前面用an，但如果e不发音就要用a：an English song/a European country．5)首字母是a，i，o时，前面用an：an apple，an invitation，an office．

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Excuse me． you my dictionary?

A.
Do; see
B.
Did; see
C.
Are; seeing
D.
Have; seen

–Would you mind my using your dictionary?
--__________.

If you don’t know how to spell the new word, please ________ in the dictionary.

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

【小题2】 From the passage, we can know _________.

A．we should look up new words before reading

B．it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage

C．the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English

D．interesting stories help readers to improve their English

【小题3】 The massage is mainly about _________.

A．steps of studying science	B．difficulties in reading science
C．ways of reading science passages	D．researches on science and English

Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making up new words, and we are often able to know where most come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called “hamburgers”, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what they were. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef in them and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “Hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
【小题1】English is spoken by many people around the world every day, but English is ______.