第四篇
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical(字母表的) order in a dictionary. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A,B,C,D… That means, if there are two words “general” and “monitor”, “general” will be certainly before “monitor”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth … For example, “before” is before “begin”, “foreigner” is before “forest”, etc.
The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.
16. According to the passage, if we don’t know a word, we’d better ( )
A. think hard B. ask for help C. look it up a dictionary D. write it again and again
17. When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should understand not only its Chinese meaning, but also ( )
A. its pronunciation B. its part of speech C. the use of the word D. all above
18. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the English words are arranged ( )
A. in the alphabetical order B. if the word is long or short
C. if the word is difficult or easy D. if the word is useful or not
19. Here are four words: a. hundred b. hello c. hero d. head
The right order of them in the English-Chinese dictionary is ( )
A. a b c d B. d b c a C. b c d a D. d c b a
20. The English-Chinese dictionary is ( )
A. useful in our Chinese learning
B. our good friend in learning Chinese
C. a good friend in our English learning D. helpful in teaching Chinese