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　　Most dictionaries will tell you a lot of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation(发音) and meanings. First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order(按字母顺序)－a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word “poor” p, o, o, r－comes before “poverty” －p, o, v, e, r, t, y－and the word “poverty” comes before the word “power” －p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

　　The second thing, a dictionary will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different pronunciations. Most dictionaries give phonetic (语音的), or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International phonetic alphabet(国际音际) to show pronunciation.

　　The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meanings of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary also tell you all of the word's meanings. For example, in English the word “get” has over 20 different meanings.

1．In the passage, which of the following is one of the three important things?

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A．How to write a word well.

B．How to use a word.

C．How to make a sentence.

D．How to read a word correctly.

2．Of the three words “remove,” “remote” and “remount”, ________ in a dictionary.

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A．“remount” comes first and “remove” comes last

B．“remove” comes first and “remote” comes last

C．“remote” comes first and “remove” comes last

D．“remote” comes first and “remount” comes last

3．Many words have ________.

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4．A good dictionary will tell you ________.

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A．more of the word's pronunciation

B．more of the word's meaning

C．more of the word's spelling

D．more of grammar

5．Phonetic alphabets are used to show ________.

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　　Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. The three things are spelling, pronunciation（发音）and meanings.

　　First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order（按字母顺序）--a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word“poor”--p, o, o, r --comes before“poverty”--p, o, v, e, r, t, y --and the word“poverty”comes before the word“power”--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

　　The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most dictionaries give phonetic（语的），or sound, alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International（国际的）Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

　　The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word's meanings. For example, in English the common word“get”has over 20 different meanings.

(1）In the passage, which of the following is among the three important things?

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A．How to write a word well.

B．How to use a word.

C．How to make a sentence.

D．How to read a word correctly.

(2）Of the three words“remove”,“remote”and“remount”, ________ in a dictionary.

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A．“remount”comes first and“remove”comes last

B．“remove”first and“remote”last

C．“remote”first and“remove”last

D．“remove”first and“remount”last

(3）Many words have ________.

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A．several meanings	B．few meanings
C．one meaning	D．no meaning

(4）A better dictionary can tell you ________.

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A．more of the word's pronunciation

B．more of grammar

C．more of the word's meanings

D．more of the word's spelling

(5）Phonetic alphabets are used to show ________.

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A．spelling	B．handwriting
C．meanings	D．pronunciation

Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”

　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________.

A. U.N.                         B. U.S.A.                              C. U.K.         D. P.R.C.

2.There are________in this passage.

A. three men        B. three women and one man　

C. four men       D. three men and one woman

3.The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A. had similar opinions about the reporter’s question　　        

B. disagreed with each other  

C. had been invited to the White House many times      

D. didn’t reply to the reporter

4.The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A. he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B. the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C. the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D. none of them was really important

5.The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A. the television reporter　　                    B. the owner of many buildings

C. the President                   D. the visitor to the White House

 

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　　John was nine years o 1 , and he was a very bad boy, so his mother always a 2 that he would behave (行为) better. Then one day, after John had come home f 3 school, John's teacher called his mother on the p 4 and said,“Did you k 5 , Mrs Perkins, that John saved a 6 boy when he fell into the river while we were out for a walk this morning?”

　　Mrs Perking was very h 7 when she heard this. She thought,“John is becoming a good boy.”Then she turned to him and said ,“Why were you so brave (勇敢) , my dear?”But John did not look very happy when he h 8 this. His f 9 turned red and said ,“Well , I really had to pull (拉) him o 10 , because I pushed (推) him in.”

1．o________　　2．a________

3．f________　　4．p________

5．k________　　6．a________

7．h________　　8．h________

9．f________　　10．o________