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 ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. 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. Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

1.This passage is about______.

A．new words in writing                     B．different dictionaries

C．the best way of reading                   D．using an English-Chinese dictionary

2.In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A．how to pronounce the word               B．the spelling of the word

C．who used the word first                  D．how to use the word

3.In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A．begins with Z       B．begins with A       C．is a short one       D．is not often used

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

A．perhaps, produce, plenty                 B．straight, subject, surprise

C．century, center, business                  D．foreign, entrance, headache

5.In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.

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

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

C．how to look up a word in a dictionary.

D．all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

 

【小题1】What about _______(see) our teacher later on?
【小题2】It takes me half an hour ______(work)out this question.
【小题3】It was raining ______ (heavy) at this time yesterday.
【小题4】I hope I’ll be a teacher when I ________(grow) up.
【小题5】Who is the _________ (tall) Bill, John or Jim?
【小题6】Would you please ________ (show) me your photos?
【小题7】Look! Who is ________(draw) on the blackboard?
【小题8】I always ________(go) to bed at 10:30.
【小题9】What ______ you ______(buy) in the supermarket just now?

 

 

More and more Chinese people go traveling abroad during these years. But not all tourists behave well in theplaces of    51   . Recently, a story about a 15-year-old Chinese tourist    52    a heated discussion online.

The 15-year-old teenager carved “Ding Jinhao was here”    53    Chinese in the 3,500-year-old Luxor Temple(卢克索神庙). A Chinese traveler took a    54    and shared it on Sina Weibo on May 24.

Many people were    55    about what Ding had done and decided to search the Internet for the boy. It    56    them just one day to find information about him in Nanjing.    57   , Ding’s parents quickly said sorry to the media. “We want to say sorry to the Egyptian people and to people   58    have paid attention to this matter across China,” Ding’s mother said.

Ding’s parents said they should    59    it and their son had learned his lesson.

According to Xinhua, local Egyptians had worked to try and    60    the sculpture(雕像). Although there was some improvement, the words could not be totally wiped off.

1.A. luck          B. interest       C. joy

2.A. has caused           B. has closed          C. has avoided

3.A. of                  B. with           C. in

4.A. photo           B. rest             C. look

5.A. strict            B. angry               C. happy

6.A. cost      B. took                 C. spent

7.A. After that             B. Just now          C. So far

8.A. whose          B. which              C. who

9.A. forget          B. face                 C. find

10.A. make        B. buy        C. clean

 

Anyone who has ever traveled with a teenager knows that the teenager can make the vacation good or bad for the entire family. As a travel agent, Lynda Maxwell said, “If teenagers are happy, everybody is happy.”

    Teenagers are often interested in travelling, but their interests and schedules often aren’t the same as their parents’. It means that when the parents start to look for a place of interest in the early morning, their teenagers may be sleeping soundly!

    The thing makes travelling with teenagers very difficult, but it isn’t impossible. The experts said, “The keys to success is what parents do before they travel.”

For many families, the hardest part may be finding a vacation time that is right for everyone. Be sure to sit down with everyone else in the family before setting a date.

“After setting a date, ask teenagers where they would choose to go,” suggested Maxwell. It is possible that they’d like nothing more than to sit on a beach for a week. “Maybe there’s a compromise(折中),” said Maxwell.

“Most teenagers like using the Internet now, so parents can ask them to think up the ideas about what to see and do,” said Brad Anderson. “I find teenagers are excellent at making great suggestions.”

1.The main problem of travelling with teenagers is that______.

A. they are always causing problems                  

B. there’s no way to make them happy                        

C. they don’t want to travel with their parents                   

D. their interests and schedules are different from their parents’

2.Maxwell thinks that      .

A. teenagers are good at making suggestions                 

B. parents should discuss the travel plan with their teenagers

C. parents should choose the places where teenagers like to go                          

D. teenagers should try their best to make their parents happy

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Teenagers often have some great ideas of travelling.            

B. Teenagers always make their parents disappointed.        

C. Most parents often look for travel information online.                 

D. Teenagers should learn how to get along with their parents.

 

Family member	What does he/she look like?
My father	My father is very tall. He has curly hair. He’s handsome.
My mother	My mother is not beautiful. She is short. She is only 1.5 meters. She has black hair. And she is fat.
My sister	My sister is a lovely girl. She has long curly hair. She’s of medium build.
My brother	My brother looks like my mother. He is short, too. He is very heavy.

 
【小题1】What does the writer’s father look like?

A．He is very short.	B．He is short and has black hair.
C．He’s of medium build.	D．He is tall and has curly hair.

【小题2】Who is short and heavy?

A．The writer’s mother and brother.	B．The writer’s mother and father.
C．The writer’s father and sister.	D．The writer’s father and brother.

【小题3】What does the writer look like?

A．He is handsome.	B．He is heavy and tall .
C．He has long curly hair.	D．We don’t know.

【小题4】According to the passage, which is right?

A．There are four people in the writer’s family.

B．The writer’s mother is a beautiful woman.

C．The writer’s father and sister have curly hair.

D．The writer’s brother looks like his sister.