Question

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is on e extra heading which you do not need.

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Answer 1

【小题1】F

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】B

【小题5】E

解析:

这是上海等地高考的“标题匹配”题。该题型旨在考查考生对语段的分析概括能力。解答这种题型，除了平时注意训练总体把握，提取语段主旨要义的阅读技巧外，还要掌握一些解题技巧（如要善于抓住语段的中心词和中心句，注意捕捉这些信息和备选项之间的同义转换关系），以期达到事半功倍的效果。

【小题1】本段主要介绍了学院辞典（也叫节本辞典）的特点，故用F做标题比较合适。

【小题2】本段首句为中心句，介绍了辞典的详细版本，故D为正确答案。

【小题3】本段开门见山，开头几句点明了话题——辞典词条的组成部分，故C为正确答案。

【小题4】本段介绍了两类新型辞典——电子词典和在线词典。B项说法与之相符，为正确答案。

【小题5】抓住本段首句，句中specialized和E中的particular构成同意转换，且两处都含有field这个中心词，故可确定答案为E。