Question

　　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 the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both fast and correctly?

　　First, all the English words are arranged（排列）in the letter order. In the dictionary you can see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D... That means, if there are two words, for example, “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. 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, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” is before “just”, etc.

　　Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?

　　The dictionary will be very helpful to you. I hope you'll use it as often as possible in your English study.

(1) This text is about ________.

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A．new words in reading

B．the best way of reading

C．using an English-Chinese dictionary

(2) You may not find ________ in a dictionary.

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A．how to read the word

B．the spelling of the word

C．who used the word first

(3) In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word ________.

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A．begins with Z

B．begins with A

C．is a short one

(4) Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

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A．perhaps, produce, plenty

B．straight, subject, surprise

C．century, centre, business

(5) The writer thinks that ________.

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A．you have to use a dictionary when you read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell you everything about a word

C．an English-Chinese dictionary can help you a lot in your English study

Answer 1

答案：C;C;A;B;C