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You’re probably most familiar with college dictionaries, often called abridged dictionaries.Although abridged means ―shortened, these dictionaries contain more than 150,000 entries and provide detailed definitions that are sufficient for most college students and general users.

1._________.Webster’s Ⅱ New Riverside University Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language are college dictionaries.

Unabridged dictionaries contain as many as 500,000 entries and provide detailed definitions and extensive word histories (etymologies词源).2._________.Unabridged dictionaries include the Oxford English Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.

3._________.Some entries also include plurals and capitalized forms, synonyms,antonyms, and derivatives.Americanisms and etymologies may be provided along with usage notes, cross-references, and idioms. If you prefer using the dictionary on a computer, you can obtain CD-ROM versions of many major dictionaries.In addition, you can access numerous dictionaries, such as WWWebster’s Dictionary, on the Internet.4.__________.Online dictionaries also offer additional features, such as word games, language tips, and amusing facts about words.Some online dictionary services allow you to access numerous dictionaries, both general and specialized, in on search.

5._________.For example, there are dictionaries for the specialized vocabularies of law, computer technology, and medicine.In addition, there are dictionaries of synonyms, cliche’s, slang, and even regional expressions, such as the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE).There are also dictionaries of foreign languages, famous people’s names, literary characters’ names and place names.

A.Specialized dictionaries provide in-depth information about a certain field.

B.These dictionaries, possibly in several volumes and mostly found in libraries, are excellent sources for scholarly inquiries.

C.But dictionaries these days do not judge how a word should be used.They simply describe how people use them, and Random House, for example, have free online services.

D.Online dictionaries allow you to enter a search word to see a definition, and sometimes even an illustration.

E.College dictionaries also contain separate lists of abbreviations, biographical and

geographical names, foreign words and phrases, and tables of measures.

F.A dictionary entry has many elements: multiple definitions, syllabication, preferred spelling and pronunciation, and part-of-speech labels.

G.Many of the 10,000 new words in the Eleventh Edition of the Collegiate Dictionary involve computers.

This March is a busy month in Shanghai.There's a lot to do.Here are the highlights.

Live Music - Late Night Jazz

Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player.He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes.Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep.This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai.The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 March

PRICE: ¥80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m.till late!

TEL: 6466—8736

Scottish dancing

Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop.Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn.Instructors will demonstrate the dances.The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.

PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: every Monday

PRICE: Y60 including one drink TIME: 7:00 ---0:00 p.m.

TEL: 6402-1877

Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum

There are 120,000 pieces on show here.You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof.It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition.There are lots of mummies and more gold than you've ever seen before.Let us know if you see a mummy move!

PLACE: Shanghai Museum PRICE: ¥30 (¥ 15 for students)

TEL: 6888-6888 DATES: daily

TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m.- 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m.--- 9:00p.m.

Dining - Sushi chef in town

Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai.In Japan, it’s become an art form.The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura.She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan.She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month

PRICE: ¥200 TIME: lunchtime

TEL: 6690-3211

For a full listing of events, see our website.

1.Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p.m.on Saturday, which one can you choose?

A.Live Music - Late Night Jazz

B.Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum

C.Scottish dancing

D.Dining - Sushi chef in town

2.Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?

A.Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.

B.The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.

C.Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D.It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

3.From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.

A.an instructor

B.a waitress

C.a coo

D.an artist

On a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting.Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search a football.Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water.The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore.But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls(回忆).“I’m trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water.Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress.“At one point, I considered turning back,” he says.“I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella! Let’s aim for the pier(码头),” Jack said.Tim turned the boat toward it.Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink.“Can you guys swim?” he cried.“A little bit,” the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier.Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs.Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.

“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again.“Yes,” Tim told them each time.

After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.

1.Why was the boat far into open water?

A.The boys rowed too fast.

B.The big current carried it.

C.The wind blew it.

C.The boys tried to get attention..

2.Why did the two boys go to the sea?

A.To go boat rowing

B.To get back their football.

C.To swim in the open water

D.To test the umbrella as a sail.

3.What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The beach

B.The water

C.The boat

D.The wind

4.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A.To take in enough fresh air

B.To consider turning back or not.

C.To check his distance from the boys.

D.To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.

5.How can the two boys finally reach the pier?

A.They were dragged to the pier by Tim.

B.They swam to the pier all by themselves.

C.They were washed to the pier by the waves.

D.They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

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