When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was   1   to see that it was an English English dictionary, also known as a monolingual(单语的) dictionary.   2   it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one and, to be honest, I found it extremely  3   to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and still not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the    4   bilingual(双语的)dictionaries, in which the words are    5   both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt   6   to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I   7  that monolingual dictionaries are   8  in learning a foreign language.

   As I found out, there is in fact often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two  9   in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to  10  that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the   11  meaning of a word in English! Therefore, she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning.  12   , I have come to see what she meant. 

Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n)   13   number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am  14  exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.  15  this, I can express myself more easily in English.

A.worried          B.sad                    C.surprised        D.nervous

A.Because             B.Although                      C.Unless          D.If

A.difficult              B.interesting             C.ambiguous      D.practical

A.new                  B.familiar                 C.earlier          D.ordinary

A.explained            B.expressed              C.described               D.created

A.offered              B.agreed                   C.decided         D.happened

A.imagine               B.recommend            C.predict           D.understand

A.natural               B.better                  C.easier             D.convenient

A.words               B.names                  C.ideas            D.characters

A.hope               B.declare                 C.doubt             D.tell

A.exact                B.basic                   C.translated       D.expected

A.Largely             B.Generally             C.Gradually        D.Probably

A.extra                       B.average                C.total             D.limited

A.repeatedly         B.nearly                  C.immediately    D.anxiously

A.According to      B.In relation to           C.In addition to D.Because of

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