Question

【題目】This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It gives the meaning of words, and it can help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation as well.

To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary. If you look up the word “centre”, you will find two spellings for this word. “Centre” is used in British English, while “center” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and American spelling, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音標(biāo)) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just have a look at this page when you’re not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word— its definition. In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simple and easy to understand.

【1】According to the passage, “theater” is used in _______ English.

A. Australian B. Canadian

C. American D. British

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

B. You can turn to the inside back face if you are not sure about the pronunciation.

C. There are two thousand words in this dictionary.

D. The dictionary can help you with listening, speaking, reading and writing.

【3】The dictionary explains ________.

A. some of the difficult words

B. the words of two meanings

C. all the easy words

D. all the words in a simple way

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：該短文主要是關(guān)于字典的。字典包含了單詞的拼寫，發(fā)音，詞意等信息。要使用好字典，應(yīng)該先了解字典。字典里會注明一些單詞的英式拼寫和美式拼寫，并且使用特殊字母表來幫助你正確讀出單詞。它還會用簡單的單詞來解釋單詞的含義，使單詞更易理解。

【1】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容. “Centre” is used in British English, while “center” is used in American English. 可知 “Centre”是英式英語；而“center”是美式英語。從而可以推理判斷“theater”是美式英語，所以選C。

【2】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音標(biāo)) with some words to show you how they are pronounced.可知如果你翻到封底的里面，你會看到所有的音標(biāo)用幾句話告訴你如何發(fā)音。所以選B。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simple and easy to understand.可知這意味著甚至最難的單詞的詞意也能輕易地解釋和容易理解，所以選D。