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6."Look it up in the dictionary"is the usual comment when people are in doubt about the meaning or spelling of a word.Dictionaries are considered the final authority on these matters as well as on pronunciations and other facts about a word.Until a few hundred years ago,however,people could not"look it up"because there were no English dictionaries.The ancient Greeks and Romans and the scholars of the Middle Ages had made lists of Latin and Greek words.(71)G The first great English dictionary listing both common and uncommon words was written by Samuel Johnson in 1755.
In America,the most famous name in dictionary writing is that of Noah Webster.He stressed American rather than British ways of speaking.His great dictionary,which first appeared in 1828,has been republished many times.(72)A The latest edition is still considered"the"dictionary.It defines over 450,000words,including radar,television and many others undreamed of by Webster.
(73)EThe huge ones that rest on stands in libraries are called unabridged,meaning"not shortened."They tell not only a word's meaning and spelling but also its pronunciation,origin,history,part of speech,grammatical forms,and ways of use.The smaller ones do not provide all this information.
(74)B A bilingual dictionary,such as a Spanish-English dictionary,translates words from one language into another.A thesaurus lists other words that mean the same as each listed word.A gazetteer lists place names,and a glossary is a small dictionary in a book defining technical words in that book.There are also dictionaries of scientific terms and ones on many other topics.There is even a dictionary of slang.(75)CThe dictionary is one of our most valuable language tools.
A.Each time,it has been updated.
B.General dictionaries are not the only kind.
C.Thus there are many kinds of special dictionaries.
D.In a general dictionary,each word may have multiple meanings.
E.Dictionaries that list all kinds of words are known as general dictionaries.
F.Over the previous 150 years more than 20dictionaries had been published.
G.But it was not until 1604that a book of uncommon English words appeared.
分析 本文是一篇说明文,主要讲述了英文字典形成的发展历程及英文字典的种类及用途.
解答 71.G 根据上文提到以前没有字典存在,结合下句中The first great English dictionary…was written by Samuel Johnson in 1755.提到第一本记录全面的字典的出现,G项提到第一本记录不常见词语的书出现,衔接恰当.故选G.
72.A 结合上文中 has been republished many times.判断句意:每次都有所升级,符合顺承关系.故选A.
73.E 根据下文中讲到的大字典及小字典的特点,可知本段首句应为总起句,E项句意:列出各种各样的单词的字典被称为普通字典,符合总分结构.故选E.
74.B 根据上段讲到普通字典,下文中讲述了各种各样的专业字典,上下段构成转折关系.故选B.
75.C 本段主要讲述了各种专业字典的特点,空处填对专业字典的总结句子,符合句意及文章结构.故选C.
点评 此类题目要结合上下文所表示的意思来进行判断是比较容易得出答案的.关键要搞清楚文章上下文之间的逻辑关系.
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