This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word-building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and American spelling, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. We use a special alphabet (特殊字母) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just look at the inside back cover when you’re not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its definition

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained and easy to understand.

When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for.

Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world.

1.The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “颜色” in this dictionary is ________.

A．colour            B．colar             C．color             D．corner

2.The phonetic alphabet help you ________ each word correctly.

A．understand        B．write             C．say              D．know

3.The underlined word ‘definition’ means__________

A．词性             B．词条             C．词义             D．词库

4.The dictionary explains ________.

A．some of the difficult words

B．all the words in the dictionary in a simple way

C．all easy words

D．the words with two meanings

 

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

首先，请阅读下列六本书籍的图片及相应简介：

A.

Everybody Loves Our Town：An Oral History of Grunge

By Mark Yarm

Crown Archetype

592 pp;  $25.00

B.

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

By Jon Ronson

Riverhead； 288 pp;  $25.95

C.

The Red Market: On the Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers，Bone Thieves，

Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers

By Scott Carney

Morrow; 272 pp;  $25.99

D.

Car Guys vs. Bean Counters：The Battle for the Soul of American Business

By Bob Lutz

Portfolio; 256 pp;  $26.95

E.

Henry Kissinger On China

By Henry Kissinger

Penguin Press; 608 pp;  $36

F.

Biopunk：DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life

By Marcus Wohlsen

Current; 256 pp;  $25.95

以下是对这些书的描述。请将这些描述与书籍的图片及相应简介匹配起来。

1.According to Jon Ronson, the writer of the book, psychopaths are very charming, smart, easily bored and cruel. In the book, Ronson takes readers into the fascinating world of psychopaths by speaking to the experts and having amusing conversations with the psychopaths themselves.

2.This book is about a deeply funny story, as well as a deeply sad story—the great Nineties moment when a bunch of punk rock bands from Seattle accidentally blew up into the world’s biggest noise. The author gives the unique chronicle of how it all happened, and how it ended too soon. The book also makes readers appreciate how strange it was.

3.This is just one of the terrifying everyday tales of the body trade documented.  It started out extremely well, with some fascinating stories about the trade in human body parts. It covers many different aspects of the “red market”, ranging from skeletons to blood, and even the giant business of collecting and selling human hair.

4.It’s been reported that the author has often attracted as much attention as his cars. The book is partly a biography covering a very short portion of the author’s own life—his second stint at General Motor（GM）—which recently ended after about a decade. However, it’s more than a biography. It is also a view on what went wrong with the US car industry and US industry in general.

5.This is a great book for anyone who has an interest in science, or wants to see advances in medicine at greater rates that we’ve seen them so far. If a reader has teenagers with interests in science, he should have them read this book. It will inspire them to broaden their horizons beyond the typical research lab.

 

假设你于4月23日的“世界读书日”(World Reading Day)在你所在的学校进行了一项阅读习惯调查，以下是其中的一项调查结果。请用英语写一篇短文，说明相关内容及结果等。

A.买书阅读  B.网上下载或在线阅读  C. 从朋友处或图书馆借阅  D. 学校阅览室阅读

【写作内容】

调查内容及时间；

调查结果；

问题：阅览室的使用率(use rate)不高；

建议：（1）延长阅览室的开放时间；

         （2）书店送书到校，方便学生购买。

【写作要求】

只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

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