For many learners of English, learning vocabulary means learning long lists of words by heart. Although this skill can help you remember words, how can you learn vocabulary so that you can use the words?

Plan your vocabulary learning by choosing what to remember. Think about how you choose words to learn. Do you try to learn all the new words you find in a text? Do you think of your listener when you choose vocabulary? Will the person listening to you be able to understand this word or phrase?

Here's an example.

We have some words for weather here. All the phrases mean the same thing: It's raining cats and dogs;it's pouring with rain;it's raining stair rods;there is torrential rain;the rain is terrible. Now which ones are the best for you to remember? Well,“It's raining cats and dogs” is a nice expression—it's very funny and so it is easy to remember—but many people wouldn't understand you if you said this. Even in England, people don't usually say this. If you're thinking of talking to different people—and not just people from England—perhaps it's better to say “torrential rain” or “The rain is terrible” because they are easier for other people to understand.

English has too many words for you to learn all of them, so you need to decide which words you want or need to learn. Think about the context(语境) or sentences with the words. Read the words when you see them, and try to use them.

1.What's the passage mainly about?

A.Listening to music. B.Speaking English.

C.Learning vocabulary. D.Asking for advice.

2.How does the writer describe the idea in Paragraph 2?

A.By telling stories. B.By asking questions.

C.By giving examples. D.By listing new words.

3.How many ways of saying “It's raining very hard” can you find in the passage?

A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.

4.The following ones are the writer's suggestions EXCEPT ________.

A.trying to use the words

B.thinking about the context

C.choosing which words to learn

D.remembering all the words

These days, most people in the UK and the US wear informal(非正式的)clothes. But sometimes it is important to wear the right thing. Many British people don't think about clothes very much. When they go out to enjoy themselves, they can wear almost(几乎)anything. At theatres, cinemas and concerts you can put on anything you like: from beautiful suits(套装)and dresses to jeans and sweaters. Anything goes, but you should look clean and tidy. But in the UK, as well as in the US, men in offices usually wear suits and ties and women wear dresses or skirts (not trousers). Doctors and business people always wear quite formal clothes. And in some hotels(宾馆)and restaurants men have to wear ties and women have to wear tidy dresses.

In many ways, Americans are less formal than British people, but they are more careful with their clothes. At home, or on holiday, most Americans wear informal or sports clothes. But when they go out in the evening, they like to look nice. In good hotels and restaurants, men have to wear jackets and ties, and women have to wear pretty clothes.

It is difficult to say exactly(确切地)what people wear in the UK and the US, because everyone is different. If you are not sure what to wear, watch what other people do and then do the same. You'll feel good if you don't look too different from everyone else.

1.People in the UK and the US wear informal clothes when they_______.

A.are in big restaurants B.are in offices

C.go out to enjoy themselves D.go out to work

2.At concerts British people_______.

A.should wear sweaters B.can wear anything they like

C.should wear suits and ties D.have to wear sports clothes

3.Women in the UK and the US have to wear tidy dresses when they are_______.

A.in offices B.meeting friends at home

C.at a party in a nice hotel D.having dinner in some top restaurants

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.Women can't wear trousers in offices.

B.We should wear differently because everyone is different.

C.What British and American people wear now.

D.British people are more careful with their clothes than American people.

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