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| A good dictionary is 1 important tool (工具). It will tell you 2 only what a word means but 3 how it 4 . A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop (发展) and a good dictionary must 5 these new changes. A new English dictionary will only tell you 6 most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right 7 wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only 8 people use a word, a dictionary will 9 tell you this or not list (编列) it. 10 dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type (用打字机打) a word and the word is too long, 11 in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you 12 to break (拆开) a word. And they also show you how a word 13 . Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like "get" or "take", may have lots of meanings (意思). In some dictionaries, the main (主要的) meanings are often listed first. In 14 , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always 15 the front part. This part explains 16 . Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes 17 . Do you know that the word "brand" (标记) comes from an old word? This old word means "to burn". This is because 18 years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who 19 them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals 20 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. a ( )2. A. no ( )3. A. too ( )4. A. uses ( )5. A. to show ( )6. A. how ( )7. A. and ( )8. A. a little ( )9. A. neither ( )10. A. Every ( )11. A. look up it ( )12. A. when ( )13. A. speaks ( )14. A. another ( )15. A. see ( )16. A. how use it ( )17. A. into ( )18. A. hundreds of ( )19. A. builds ( )20. A.when |
B. an B. that B. either B. is using B. show B. what B. or B. many B. nor B. Some B. look for it B. where B. is spoke B. the other B. look B. to how use it B. up B. hundred of B. makes B. in order to |
C. the C. not C. yet C. is used C. shows C. why C. but C. a few C. both C. All C. look it up C. why C. be spoken C. others C. watch C. how to use it C. by C. a hundred of C. build C. so that |
D. very D. if D. also D. used D. be shown D. if D. not D. a lot of D. either D. Many D. look it out D. which D. is spoken D. other D. read D. to how to use it D. from D. hundred D. made D. before |
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| John lived with his mother in a very big house, and when she 1 , the house became too big 2 him, so he bought a 3 one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his 4 house, and when the man came to take his things to the new house, John thought, "I'm not going to let them 5 my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it." So he 6 and began to carry it down the road in his arms. It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have 7 . Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for 8 seconds. Then he said to John, "You're a 9 , aren't you? 10 don't you buy a watch like everyone else?" |
| ( )1. A. worked ( )2. A. at ( )3. A. larger ( )4. A. second ( )5. A. to carry ( )6. A. picked it up ( )7. A. a look ( )8. A. a few ( )9. A. great ( )10. A. Where |
B. studied B. with B. bigger B. third B. bring B. picks it up B. a drink B. few B. fool（傻瓜） B. Why |
C. died |
D. played D. for D. smaller D. new D. carry D. picked up it D. a rest D. a little D. bright D. When |
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| Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor, he decided one day to take the king a roast goose (烤鹅) as a present. He had not had 1 to eat that day, and soon the 2 of the roast goose became too much for him as (当…时) he 3 it to the king, so he ate one of its legs. When he came before the king and gave him the goose, the king 4 saw that it had only one leg. Now, the king 5 was born with one bad leg, so he had never been able to 6 properly (正常地). When he saw the goose with only one leg, he thought the farmer had 7 this to laugh at him. Of course he was very 8 . The farmer was told that if anybody laughed at the king, he would be 9 at once. "Where is 10 leg of the goose?" the king asked. "All the geese (goose的复数) in this 11 of the country have one leg only," the farmer answered. "Do you think I'm a fool (傻子)?" the king shouted. " 12 ," said the farmer, "if you look out of the window, you will see geese with one leg by the 13 ." The king looked, and there the geese were 14 on one leg beside the water. The king at once told one of his men to 15 them with a big stick, and of course, they 16 their other legs and ran away. "There," said the king. "You were lying (说谎). That 17 that the geese here have two legs, like all other 18 in the country." "But it doesn't show anything," answered the farmer, "if your men threw a big stick like that at me, I would grow two 19 legs myself to help me to run away 20 ." |
| ( )1. A. less ( )2. A. head ( )3. A. returned ( )4. A. at once ( )5. A. once ( )6. A. come ( )7. A. kept ( )8. A. sorry ( )9. A. helped ( )10. A. other ( )11. A. city ( )12. A. Certainly not ( )13. A. hole ( )14. A. swimming ( )15. A. fill ( )16. A. sent up ( )17. A. shows ( )18. A. geese ( )19. A. slower ( )20. A. more slowly |
B. all B. neck B. carried B. at last B. really B. walk B. done B. worried B. killed B. another B. village B. Of course B. forest B. resting B. lock B. put down B. talks B. animals B. faster B. more carefully |
C. little C. smell C. sent C. by then C. himself C. see C. made C. sad C. saved C. that C. farm C. That's nothing C. lake C. flying C. hit C. did with C. sees C. legs C. less C. faster |
D. much D. temperature D. handed D. on time D. yet D. eat D. found D. angry D.covered D. the other D. part D. Never mind D. house D. lying D. keep D. moved away D. knows D. farmers D. more D. Earlier |
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| There are many words in the English language. You will never 1 the meaning of every word in English. When you read, you will often find many 2 you do not know. You will not have enough time to 3 reading and try to find every new word in a dictionary. Sometimes you can 4 a new word because you know some of the parts of the new word. For example, if a word ends 5 the letters "er", that word 6 be the name of a 7 or a thing that does a certain action (某个动作). A writer is a person who writes. 8 it is not 9 to know the parts of a new word to understand it, 10 it will help you many times. |
| ( )1. A. know ( )2. A. books ( )3. A. stop ( )4. A. find ( )5. A. in ( )6. A. can ( )7. A. friend ( )8. A. Then ( )9. A. helpful ( )10. A. but |
B. learn B. letters B. enjoy B. get B. off B. might (可能) B. boy B. Now B. useful B. and |
C. find C. stories C. keep C. study C. up C. should C. person C. Yet C. enough C. so |
D. look up D. words D. start D. guess D. by D. must D. girl D. Sometimes D. good D. for |
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Mr. Green heard that a certain government department (政府部门) wanted a clerk (职员), 1 he |
| ( )1. A. but ( )2. A. go ready for ( )3. A. an answer ( )4. A. the pay ( )5. A. later ( )6. A. so ( )7. A. happy ( )8. A. have to ( )9. A. quietly ( )10. A. worried |
B. so B. looked for B. his friend B. the address B. ago B. then B. sorry B. love to B. politely B. lucky |
C. or C. took C. the position C. the work C. before C. while C. sure C. be glad to C. carefully C. sad |
D. and D. asked for D. the head D. a letter D. since D. after D. pleased D. be able to D. quickly D. surprised (惊奇的) |