Question

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is on e extra heading which you do not need.

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Answer 1

【小題1】F

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】E

解析:

這是上海等地高考的“標題匹配”題。該題型旨在考查考生對語段的分析概括能力。解答這種題型，除了平時注意訓練總體把握，提取語段主旨要義的閱讀技巧外，還要掌握一些解題技巧（如要善于抓住語段的中心詞和中心句，注意捕捉這些信息和備選項之間的同義轉(zhuǎn)換關系），以期達到事半功倍的效果。

【小題1】本段主要介紹了學院辭典（也叫節(jié)本辭典）的特點，故用F做標題比較合適。

【小題2】本段首句為中心句，介紹了辭典的詳細版本，故D為正確答案。

【小題3】本段開門見山，開頭幾句點明了話題——辭典詞條的組成部分，故C為正確答案。

【小題4】本段介紹了兩類新型辭典——電子詞典和在線詞典。B項說法與之相符，為正確答案。

【小題5】抓住本段首句，句中specialized和E中的particular構成同意轉(zhuǎn)換，且兩處都含有field這個中心詞，故可確定答案為E。