Question

Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. Your active vocabulary contains the words you understand and use in speech and in print, and your passive vocabulary includes the words you do not use but understand. Although children learn more new words than adults, the vocabulary of an adult is not fixed and can be increased. Improve your language repertoire (全部技能) with daily exposure to new words, their pronunciations and meanings.

________. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow. Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know.

Find a new word every day. If you do not encounter an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one.

Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word you encounter. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech.

Explain the meaning of the word so that you can connect it to something memorable. Use imagery and personal relevance(關(guān)聯(lián)). If you have just learned that the word “obstinate” means stubborn and unyielding, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his car. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as obstinate in his refusal.

Use your new word in speech and in writing. Tell a friend about your boss obstinately refusing to reschedule your vacation time. E-mail your sister about how your cat is obstinate about sleeping on your pillow. The first time you use a new word in speech it may seem clumsy and forced, but the more you use it, the more fluent you will become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.

Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is, or to ask for the definition of a new word you have used. The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.

1.What is the passage mainly about? (no more than 6 words)

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2.What should we do if there is no unfamiliar word in our daily reading? (no more than 7 words)

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3.What’s the purpose of the example of the word “obstinate”( no more than 15 words)

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4.Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)

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5.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 probably refer to ? (no more than 3 words )

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.How to enlarge your vocabulary fast.

2.Use your dictionary to search for one.

3.We can use imagery and personal relevance to explain the meaning of a word.

4.Read every day.

5.New word.

【解析】

試題分析：人的詞匯分為積極詞匯和被動(dòng)詞匯，積極詞匯指的是人們?cè)诳陬^和書(shū)面中能夠理解和使用的詞匯，而被動(dòng)詞匯包括能理解但是不能運(yùn)用的詞匯。但是對(duì)于一個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)，積極詞匯不是固定不變的，而是可以增加的。在本文中作者關(guān)于如何增加積極詞匯提出了幾條建議。

1.How to enlarge your vocabulary fast. 信息歸納題。文章首段提出the vocabulary of an adult is not fixed and can be increased. “一個(gè)人的詞匯不是固定不變的是可以增加的”，然后提出了幾條關(guān)于如何擴(kuò)大詞匯的方法，由此推斷文章中心是如何快速增加詞匯量，即：How to enlarge your vocabulary fast.。

2.Use your dictionary to search for one. .信息查找題。從文章第三段If you do not encounter an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one 可知對(duì)于不認(rèn)識(shí)的單詞要查字典，即：.Use your dictionary to search for one。

3.We can use imagery and personal relevance to explain the meaning of a word.。 信息判斷題。在文章第五段作者提出We can use imagery and personal relevance to explain the meaning of a word ，然后以單詞 “obstinate”為例對(duì)此進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步解釋?zhuān)�所以obstinate是起到論據(jù)的作用，用來(lái)說(shuō)明Use imagery and personal relevance。

4.Read every day. 信息歸納題。在第二段作者提到The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.，然后作者在本段主要介紹了經(jīng)常閱讀的重要性，由此判斷此處是提倡人們要多進(jìn)行閱讀，所以填Read every day。

5.New word. 信息判斷題。根據(jù)上句because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary可以判斷it 指代a word，句意：為了給你的積極詞匯增加一個(gè)新詞，你必須在講話(huà)時(shí)能使用它。

考點(diǎn)：考查閱讀表達(dá)。