2022中考英语复习精品资料超值阅读练习49 ThisdictionarytellsyouaboutEnglishwordsandhowtousetheminreading,writingandspeakingEnglish.Itnotonlygivesthemeaningofwords,itcanalsohelpyouwithspelling,wordbuilding,grammarandpronunciation. Touseyourdictionarycorrectly,youneedtounderstandhowthedictionaryworks.Atthefrontofthebook,youwillfindsomeexercisestohelpyoumakethemostuseofyourdictionary. Ifyoulookuptheword“colour”,youwillfindtwospellingsforthisword.“Colour”isusedinBritishEnglish,while“color”isusedinAmericanEnglish.Whensuchathinghappens,thedictionaryshowsitwiththeword“BrE”forBritishEnglishand“AmE”forAmericanEnglish. Thedictionaryalsohelpsyoupronouncewordscorrectly.Itusesaspecialalphabet(特殊字母表)toshowpronunciation.Ifyouturntotheinsidebackface,youwillseeallthephoneticletters(音标)withsomewordstoshowyouhowtheyarepronounced.Justhavealookthispagewhenyou’renotsurehowtosayaword. Themostimportantreasonforusingadictionaryistofindoutthemeaningofaword—itsDEFINITION. Inthisdictionary,thedefinitionshavebeenwrittenusingonly2000words.Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwordsaresimplyexplained(简单解释)andeasytounderstand. Whenawordhasmorethanonemeaning,readallthemeaningsuntilyoufindtheonethatcorrectlytellstheuseofthewordyouarelookingfor. Mostofthewordsinthisdictionarycanbeusedbypeopleinallpartsoftheworld. 1.Thisdictionarycannothelpyouwith_____. A.singingB.grammarC.spellingD.pronunciation 2.____ofthewordsinthedictionaryhavetwospellings. A.AllB.OneC.FewD.Some-3-\n 3.TheAmEspellingoftheChineseword“颜色”inthisdictionaryis______. A.colourB.collarC.colorD.corner 4.Thephoneticalphabethelpsyoueachwordcorrectly. A.understandB.writeC.sayD.know 5.TheChinesemeaningof“definition”hereis______. A.词性B.词条C.词义D.词库 6.Howmanywordsarethereinthisdictionary？_________. A.TwothousandB.OnethousandC.OnehundredD.Wedon’tknow 7.Thedictionaryexplains______. A.someofthedifficultwordsB.allthewordsinasimplewayC.alltheeasywordsD.thewordsoftwomeanings-3-\n【答案与解析】这篇短文可能是一本英文词典的“序言”，介绍了这本词典的用途和使用方法。另外，该文中还着重提到了AmericanEnglish和BritishEnglish在拼写上存在的差异。 1.A.通过短文第一段的第一个句子，几乎不费力气就能选出正确答案。 2.D.此题需要仔细推敲第二段文字，通过理解段意(如果熟悉英文词典或懂得一些英文词典的使用常识则可以直接进行选择)和推敲四个选项的词语意思而确定。All和One都属于“走极端”的选项，不能入选；Few本义是“几乎没有”，不符合文意，只有D项正确。 3.C.答案在第三段。文中“while‘color’isusedinAmericanEnglish.”已给出明确答案。 4.C.通过文中“Weuseaspecialalphabet(特殊字母表)toshowpronunciation.”一句判断。关键词是“pronunciation(发音)”，清楚这个词的意思，我们无疑会选择C。 5.C.应重点参考5—6段。实际上，第五段中已有“tofindoutthemeaningofaword—itsDEFINITION.”。“meaningofaword”中没有生词，那么，选择对应的汉语“词义”岂不易如反掌！ 6.D.要读完全文后，才能确认。因为文中提到的数字只有一个“2000”，但它决不是词典的收词数，而是用来“简单解释”词义的用词数。文中并没有提及词典的“收词量”，因此，答案应该是D。 7.B.答案就在“Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwordsaresimplyexplained(简单解释)andeasytounderstand.”一句中。选B最为恰当。-3-
