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 thousands of English words? 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______.

2.In the dictionary you may not find_______.

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

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

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

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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

A、  根据题后要求完成句子。

1. There is a post office near here. (变否定句)

  ________  _______ a post office near here.

2. The bank is across from the park. (对划线部分提问)

  _________ is across from the park?

3. The hotel is on Center Street. (对划线部分提问)

  _________  the hotel?

4. There are some people in the park. (一般疑问句并作肯定回答)

  _______ there ______ people in the park?

  Yes, ______  _______ .

5. go, and, right, straight, turn, just, (连成句子)

 ________________________________________.

B、同义句

6. There are five bananas in his box.

  _______  ________ five bananas in the box.

7. We have a good time in school.

  We ________  ________ in school.

8. I get to the library at six.

  I _________  ________ the library at six.

9. There is a pay phone in the neighborhood.

  There’s a pay phone ________  _________.

10. My aunt buys hamburgers for five dollars.

   My aunt ________ five dollars ________ hamburgers.