When you are reading something in English, you may often find a new word . What's the best way
to know it?
     You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary . It will tell you a lot about the word: the
pronunciation, the part of speech , the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word . But how can
you know where the word is in thousands of English words ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly
and correctly?
     First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order (按字母顺序排列). In the
dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A , then B , C , D , E , … That means, if
there are two words "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" before "just" etc…

1.When you don't know a word , the best way is ________.

A. to ask your teacher
B. to think hard
C. to do nothing
D. to look it up in a dictionary

2.When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should understand not only
    its Chinese meaning , but also________ .

A. its pronunciation
B. its part of speech
C. the use of it
D. its pronunciation, the part of speech and the use of it

3. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the first part is ________.

A. the words beginning with the letter A
B. the words beginning with F
C. the simple words
D. the very short words

4. Here are four words, "blind" , "monument" , "murder" and "boyhood" . Their right order in
    the English-Chinese dictionary is ________.

A. blind, boyhood , murder, monument
B. blind, boyhood, monument, murder
C. boyhood, blind monument, murder
D. monument, murder, blind, boyhood

5. The English-Chinese dictionary is ________.

A. useful in learning Chinese
B. Our good friend in learning Chinese
C. Our good friend in learning English
D. not useful in learning English

    Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact,
sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a
way, it is the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult
science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read
it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching
on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting
the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don't make sense to
you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
    These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult: 
    ☆1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn't make sense to 
         you. 
    ☆2. When a sentence doesn't make sense, go back and read it again more slowly. 
    ☆3. Look for any word you don't know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings
         using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the
         dictionary. 
    ☆4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you
         are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is
         being said. 
    ☆5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words. 
    ☆6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then
           read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all
           ides together. The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the
           normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you
           have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help
           from your teacher, if you have one.

1. The underlined phrase "run into" means ______.

A. work out
B. come across
C. look into
D. pass by

2. From the passage, we can know ______.

A. we should look up new words before reading
B. it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage
C. the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English
D. interesting stories help readers to improve their English

3. The massage is mainly about ______.

A. steps of studying science
B. difficulties in reading science
C. ways of reading science passages
D. researches on science and English

     Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes
the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is-the language of
science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an
interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it
several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences,
and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discouraged if the whole passage don't make sense
to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
     These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn't make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn't make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don't know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts
    and context clues (上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do
    not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage
    once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together. The stops sound a lot harder than
    they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After
    you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher,
    if you have one.

1. The underlined phrase "run into" means ______.

A. work out
B. come across
C. look into
D. pass by

2. From the passage, we can know ______.

3. The massage is mainly about ______.

A. steps of studying science
B. difficulties in reading science
C. ways of reading science passages
D. researches on science and English