Dictionaries are very useful books. People use dictionaries to find out the meanings of words. If you are learning English, you should use an English dictionary. Some students have dictionaries with Chinese and English words. They are useful, but it is usually better to use a dictionary written completely in English. If you use such a dictionary, you will have more practice in using English. This will help you to think in English. A good English dictionary will show you the right spelling of a word, its pronunciation and show how a word is used in a sentence.

(1) Dictionaries are used to ________.

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A．study English stories

B．help to do exercises

C．look up the meaning of new words

D．learn grammer

(2) How many kinds of dictionaries are mentioned（提到）in the passage?

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A．One	B．Two
C．Three	D．Four

(3) According to the writer, an English-English dictionary is better because ________.

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A．it tells you how to look up the new words

B．it tells you how to teach yourself

C．it helps you to think in English

D．it shows you which is the best way to remember the new words

(4) Dictionary can show you how to ________.

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A．spell a word

B．pronounce a word

C．use a word in a sentence

D．A, B and C

(5) The best title for the passage is ________.

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A．Something about Dictionaries

B．The Easy Way to Learn English

C．An Important Dictionary

D．How to Use a Dictionary

When people communicate, they need words to express themselves. People living in different countries made different kinds of words.
Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
Vocabulary means a lot of words. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your own vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
【小题1】The number of different languages spoken is about _______.

A．150

B．15,000

C．500

D．1,500

【小题2】 Before you leave your school, you’ll learn _______.

A．only two thousand words	B．five hundred thousand words
C．more than one thousand words	D．three or four thousand words

【小题3】 To make your vocabulary bigger, you must _______.

A．get as many dictionaries as you can

B．read as many books as you can

C．buy a lot of books

D．have a very large English dictionary

【小题4】You will enjoy_______.

A．the books written in easy English

B．your dictionary

C．your new words

D．finding new words in a dictionary

【小题5】 What is your most useful book?

A．Books written in easy English.	B．Books written in English.
C．Your dictionary.	D．Short stories.

Mary and Lily are sisters. They share(合用)a room. This is their room. It’s not a big one. You can see two beds in the room. Mary’s bed is yellow and Lily’s bed is red. Their schoolbags are now on the beds. You can’t see their shoes. They are under the beds. The two sisters have only one desk. It’s a big desk. Their alarm clock, books and dictionaries are on the desk. They often do their homework there.
1.  What room is it?
A. It’s a classroom.             B. It’s a big room. 
C. It’s a meeting(会议) room.      D. It’s a bedroom.
2.  Which one is Lily’s bed?
A.  The yellow one.             B. The red one.
C.  The white one.              D. The green one.
3. Where are their schoolbags?
A. They are on the wall.         B. They are behind the chair.
C. They are under their beds.      D. They are on the beds.
4. Where are their shoes?
A. They are under their beds.      B. They are on the beds.
C. They are lost.                D. We don’t know.
5. Which one is RIGHT(对的)?
A. Lily’s jacket is on the desk.     B. Mary and Lily are cousins
C. Lily’s shoes are under the desk.  D. Two beds are in the room.