Question

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 there are differences between British and American spelling, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.
The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. We use a special alphabet (特殊字母) 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 look at the inside back cover 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 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.
【小題1】The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “顏色” in this dictionary is ________.

A．colour

B．colar

C．color

D．corner

【小題2】The phonetic alphabet help you ________ each word correctly.

A．understand

B．write

C．say

D．know

【小題3】The underlined word ‘definition’ means__________

A．詞性

B．詞條

C．詞義

D．詞庫

【小題4】The dictionary explains ________.

A．some of the difficult words

B．all the words in the dictionary in a simple way

C．all easy words

D．the words with two meanings

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文說明的是字典以及與字典有關的信息，如何去查字典以及在使用字典時的一些注意事項。
【小題1】C 細節題。根據第三段第二行, while “color” is used in American English說明C正確。
【小題2】C 細節題。根據第三段6,7行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說明The phonetic alphabet是幫助我們讀音的，故C正確。
【小題3】C 推理題。根據The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its definition說明這里的definition是指一個詞的意思，故該詞是指定義。故C正確。
【小題4】B 推理題。根據文章第一段2,3行It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word-building, grammar and pronunciation.說明字典是給了人們一個很簡單的方法來講解詞匯的用法。
考點：考查說明文
點評：本文講述的是字典以及使用字典的注意事項，本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。