59．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

　　 A．to learn them by oneself

　　 B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

　　 C．to guess them from the context

　　 D．to get more separate meanings of each word

58．From the passage we can see that the boat company __________.

　　 A．isn’t an old one　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．is a world-famous one

　　　 C．is developing slowly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．has to advise customers to buy its boats

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　B

　　 There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

　　 That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

　 The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

　　 Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

　　 This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

　　 And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

　　 Don’t guess! Look it up!

57．The underlined word “contracts” means ________.

A．application forms from the buyers　　　　

B．letters sent by the sellers

C．formal agreements having the force of law　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．designs of a new product

56．The main aim of the letter Tony wrote to Mr. Perkins is to __________.

　　 A．tell him to sign the contracts　　　　　　　　 B．thank him for buying a new boat

　　 C．tell about something of his company　　　 D．ask him to pay for his boat right away

75．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　 　　 A．sea water can act as an air-conditioner

　　　　 B．asparagus are only grown in hot places

　　　　 C．the writer wants to tell us something about scientific advance

　　　　 D．sea water has many advantages