Question

People __1._ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _2.___ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four _3.___ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need _4.__these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. _5._ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6._ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _7.__ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you come across _8.__ new word, look it _9.___ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _10._ (much) useful book.

Answer 1

1.living

2.languages

3.or/to

4.all

5.Before

6.bigger

7.written

8.a

9.up

10.most

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了世界上存在各种不同的语言，而每种语言有包含有广泛的词汇。我们所学习和掌握到的永远只是一部分，但是字典的存在可以帮助我们解决许多对生词的疑惑，字典是非常有用的语言学习工具。

1.living ，人们生活在不同的国家是一个现在进行的状态，应该选用一般现在时living。

2.languages ，根据下一句Each contains many thousands of words可以看出这里说的是世界上有许多种语言，故填language的复数形式。

3.or/to， A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ____ five hundred thousand words.数字的表达，这里可以说四十万或五十万也可以说四十万到五十万，故填or或者to。

4.all ，根据下一句To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words说在阅读短的故事是仅需两千词汇可推断这里是说全部词汇，故填all。

5.Before ， _ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.根据句意和“will”可以判断是在离开学校之前，你会学到仅一千词汇或者多一点，故填Before。

6.bigger ，make your vocabulary_,很显然这里是要形容词的比较级，提示词为big，故填bigger，注意此比较级需要双写末尾字母。

7.written，There are a lot of books _ __ (write) in easy English.此句结构很明显需要用被动语态，是许多书被英语写成，故填written。

8.a ，句意表达的是一个新单词，单词是可数名词，故填a。

9.up，look it _ ___ in your dictionary，在字典里查阅单词，look up查阅、查找，考查固定搭配，故填up。

10.most，通过全文可知，作者旨在强调字典的作用，字典是最有用的工具书，由提示词可知应填most。

考点：考查单词与语法