If you are one of those who want to know how to increase your vocabulary, there are some ways you may find useful. In fact, it is not that difficult to learn new words, but to remember them for a lifetime seems not to be so easy.
To make it easier, you can try word associations(聯(lián)想). Try to find a connection between a new word and things or people you know. For example, if your neighbour is an unselfish person who cares about the needs of other people, think about this person every time you see the word, and very soon you'll start actively using it.
Try to use the words you learn as often as possible. Perhaps you are not sure which situations they should be used in, or whether you pronounce(發(fā)音) them correctly, but practice is the best way to understand that. It is not enough to find out the meaning of a word. You should hammer (敲打) it into your mind by using it in actual conversations in everyday life.
Also, it may be helpful to know the meaning of the word roots, prefixes (前綴) and suffixes (后綴), especially if they have a Greek or Latin origin(起源). Even if you meet a long unfamiliar word, it will be easy to know its meaning if you know the general meaning of its parts.  For example, if you see the word "philanthropy", it won't be difficult to surmise what it means if you know that "anthropo" means "human" and "philo" means "loving". Not only can ancient Greek and Latin be helpful, but a number of modern languages as well. So, if you speak French,  Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, guess the meaning of an unfamiliar English word if it sounds like  a word from another language you know.
【小題1】 Which of the following old sayings can show the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A.Every dog has his day. 
B.Practice makes perfect. 
C.Every coin has two sides. 
D.Where there is a will there is a way. 
【小題2】 According to the last paragraph, what does the writer think is important?
A.Learning to use several different modern languages. 
B.Learning some very difficult words in the English language. 
C.Knowing the meaning of the word roots, prefixes and suffixes. 
D.paying more attention to words that have a Greek or Latin origin. 
【小題3】The underlined word "surmise" in the last paragraph means_______.
A.guess B.suggest 
C.prove D.remember 
【小題4】 what's the writer's purpose in writing the passage?
A.To tell us how he or she learnt English well. 
B.To explain why it is not hard to learn new words. 
C.To prove that learning new words can be really fun. 
D.To tell us some good ways of remembering new words. 


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:這篇短文中作者關(guān)于如何增加詞匯量給了我們一些好的建議,一是我們可以用聯(lián)想法;二是在日常生活中多使用單詞;三是了解一些單詞的詞根、前綴和后綴,這樣有助于我們猜測(cè)單詞的意思。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段的內(nèi)容可知,這一段中作者建議我們要盡可能多地使用單詞,光知道它的意思是不夠的,我們要在日常生活的情景中使用他們,這樣我們才能記他們。因此B選項(xiàng)熟能生巧最能概括這個(gè)意思。故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段的意思可知,這里作者建議我們要了解單詞的詞根、前綴和后綴,這樣即使我們不知道單詞的意思,我們也可以根據(jù)這些知識(shí)猜測(cè)這個(gè)單詞的意思。故應(yīng)該選C。
【小題3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)最后一段以及劃線單詞所在的句子可知,F(xiàn)or example, if you see the word "philanthropy", it won't be difficult to surmise what it means if you know that "anthropo" means "human" and "philo" means "loving".如果你看到philanthropy這個(gè)單詞,如果你知道anthropo的意思是人,而philo的意思是慈愛(ài)的,那么你就不難猜測(cè)出它的意思了。故surmise 這個(gè)單詞的意思是猜測(cè),故選A。
【小題4】主旨大意題。這篇短文的第一段作者告訴我們,想要增加詞匯量,其實(shí)有很多種方法,從第二段開(kāi)始,作者一共給了我們?nèi)齻(gè)建議。因此作者寫(xiě)這篇短文的目的是告訴我們一些記憶詞匯的方法,故選D。
考點(diǎn):教育類(lèi)短文閱讀。

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