When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?

You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.

Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

1. This passage is about______.

A. new words in writing    B. different dictionaries

C. the best way of reading   D. using an English-Chinese dictionary

2. In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A. how to pronounce the word   B. the spelling of the word

C. who used the word first      D. how to use the word

3. In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A. begins with Z  B. begins with A   C. is a short one  D. is not often used

4. Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

A. perhaps, produce, plenty   B. straight, subject, surprise

C. century, center, business   D. foreign, entrance, headache

5. In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.

A. we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B. an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study

D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same


完型填空

A thousand years age Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to 1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas covered in trees.We call these woods.

Elephants, tigers and many 3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough food for them.  7 did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 8 in the same way.

You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 9 in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals 11 a rich brown coat and a white patch(补钉) under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feel 12 . They make a noise rather like a dog 13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy (敌人)――14 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(违法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 15 people to protect wild animals.

1.A.work  B.study  C.live  D.enjoy

2.A.many  B.a few  C.no  D.not

3.A.other  B.others  C.the other  D.another

4.A.people  B.animals  C.plants  D.things

5.A.grew  B.made  C.got  D.kept

6.A.fire  B.hotness  C.heat  D.stoves(炉子)

7.A.So  B.Such  C.As  D.Nor

8.A.lived  B.died  C.came  D.left

9.A.besides  B.except  C.and  D.or

10.A.live  B.to live  C.lived  D.living

11.A.have  B.without  C.with  D.get

12.A.high  B.higher  C.short  D.shorter

13.A.shouting  B.crying  C.barking  D.talking

14.A.tigers  B.men  C.wolves  D.elephants

15.A.to  B.for  C.like  D. Of

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