1.   多久一次 ___________________________

2.   在周末 _____________________________

3.   一周三次 ___________________________

4.   去看电影 ___________________________

5.   最喜欢的节目 _______________________

 A good dictionary is an important tool. It will tell you not only what a word means but also how it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.

A new English dictionary will only tell you 1 most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right 2 wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only 3 people use a word, a dictionary will 4 tell you this or not list it.

Every dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you 5 to break a word. And they also show you how a word 6    .

Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”， may have lots of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often listed first. In 7 , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always 8 the front part. This part explains how to use it.

Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes from. Do you know that the word “brand” (标i己）comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who 9 them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals 10 they would not be stolen.

Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.

(    )1.    A.    how    B.    what    C.    why    D.    if

(    )2.    A.    and    B.    or    C.    but    D.    not

(    )3.    A.    a little    B.    many    C.    a few    D.    a lot    of

(    )4.    A.    neither    B.    nor    C.    both    D.    either

(    )5.    A. when    B.    where        C.    why    D.    which

(    )6.   A.    speaks    B.    is spoke    C.    be spoken    D.    is spoken

(    )7.    A. another    B.    the other      C.    others    D.    other

(    )8.    A. see    B.    watch    C.    look    D. read

(    )9.    A. builds    B.    makes    C.    built    D.    made

(    )10.   A. when    B.    in order to    C.    so that       D.    before

(    )    10. The experienced teacher_his    humour and knowledge together.    Hundreds

of students_his    class.

A. takes part in; join in    B.    joins; join in

C. joins; take part    D.    join; take part in

(    )9. Can you tell me_in America?

A. how our life will like    B.    how will our life    be

C. what our life will be like    D.    what will our life like

(    )    8. 一 Look at the sign!_smokes    here will be punished.

一 Oh, I’m so sorry. I_see    it.

A. Whoever; didn’t    B.    Whenever; haven’t

C. Whichever; didn’t    D.    However; haven’t

(    )    7. The old lady read_the    letter    over and over again. It was three years

_she    heard    from    her son last time.

A. after; since    B. through; after C. through; since D. after; before

(    )    6. They_the return of Hong  Kong marked the_of    a    new chapter of

our country.

A. insisted on; ending    B.    insisted that; ending

C. insist on; beginning    D.    insisted that; beginning

(    )    5. Audrey Hepburn’s_was   a   great_to    her    fans.

A. dead; lossing B.    death;    lossing C.    die; loss    D.    death; loss

(    )    4. It was_that I went to see it several times.

A. so good an exhibition    B.    such good exhibition

C. so a good exhibition    D.    such good an exhibition

(    )    3.    Einstein cared little for money,_he    could have been very rich.

A. though    B.    because    C.    otherwise    D.    but