Question

閱讀理解 　　This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English．It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation． 　　To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works．At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary． 　　If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word．“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English．When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English． 　　The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly．It uses a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation．If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音標)with some words to show you how they are pronounced．Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word． 　　The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word－its DEFINITION． 　　In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words．This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(簡單解釋)and easy to understand． 　　When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for． 　　Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world． (1) This dictionary cannot help you with ________． [　　] A． singing B． grammar C． spelling D． pronunciation (2) ________of the words in the dictionary have two spellings． [　　] A． All B． One C． Few D． Some (3) The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “顏色”in this dictionary is________． [　　] A． colour B． collar C． color D． corner (4) The phonetic alphabet helps you each word correctly． [　　] A． understand B． write C． say D． know (5) The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is ________． [　　] A． 詞性 B． 詞條 C． 詞義 D． 詞庫 (6) How many words are there in this dictionary?________． [　　] A． Two thousand B． One thousand C． One hundred D． We don’t know (7) The dictionary explains ________． [　　] A． some of the difficult words B． all the words in a simple way C． all the easy words D． the words of two meanings

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;4．C;5．C;6．D;7．B;
解析：

(1)	通過短文第一段的第一個句子，幾乎不費力氣就能選出正確答案．
(2)	此題需要仔細推敲第二段文字，通過理解段意(如果熟悉英文詞典或懂得一些英文詞典的使用常識則可以直接進行選擇)和推敲四個選項的詞語意思而確定．All和One都屬于“走極端”的選項，不能入選；Few本義是“幾乎沒有”，不符合文意，只有D項正確．
(3)	答案在第三段．文中“while ‘color’ is used in American English．”已給出明確答案．
(4)	通過文中“We use a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation．”一句判斷．關鍵詞是“pronunciation(發音)”，清楚這個詞的意思，我們無疑會選擇C．
(5)	應重點參考5－6段．實際上，第五段中已有“to find out the meaning of a word－its DEFINITION．”．“meaning of a word”中沒有生詞，那么，選擇對應的漢語“詞義”豈不易如反掌！
(6)	要讀完全文后，才能確認．因為文中提到的數字只有一個“2000”，但它決不是詞典的收詞數，而是用來“簡單解釋”詞義的用詞數．文中并沒有提及詞典的“收詞量”，因此，答案應該是D．
(7)	答案就在“This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(簡單解釋)and easy to understand．”一句中．選B最為恰當． 　　這篇短文可能是一本英文詞典的“序言”，介紹了這本詞典的用途和使用方法．另外，該文中還著重提到了American English和British English在拼寫上存在的差異．