No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted (发出呼噜声) like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him－water splashing (飞溅), bees humming (嗡嗡作响声), a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．What do we mean by language?

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A．Sounds made by man.

B．All the words made by man.

C．Different kinds of sounds.

D．The way man learns.

2．From the passage we know that long long ago ________.

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A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．animals taught man to learn the language

C．man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on

D．man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words

3．What is the number of languages spoken in the world today?

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4．In which sentence can the word“contain(s)”be put so that it is a right one?

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A．I ________ several dictionaries.

B．Sea water ________ salt.

C．A dog ________ four legs.

D．Mr. Smith ________ glasses on his nose.

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?

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A．To use the words in everyday life.

B．To read more books.

C．To read easy books.

D．To look up new words in the dictionary.

阅读理解

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains (包含) many thousands of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．The number of different languages spoken is about ________.

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2．Before you leave your school, you'll learn ________.

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A．only about two thousand words

B．five hundred words

C．three or four thousand words

D．only one thousand more

3．Each language usually contains ________.

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A．two thousand words

B．hundreds of words

C．different kinds of words

D．many thousands of words

4．To make your vocabulary bigger, you must ________.

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A．read as many books as you can

B．get as many dictionaries as you can

C．buy plenty of books

D．have a very large English dictionary

5．You will enjoy ________.

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A．your vocabulary

B．the books written in easy English

C．your dictionary

D．finding new words in a dictionary

阅读理解

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of word. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories youneed to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school you will learn only one thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary ( 词汇). You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．The number of different languages spoken is ________ .

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2．Before you leave school you will learn ________ .

[　　]

3．Each language usually has ________ .

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4．To make your vocabulary larger you must ________ .

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A．read as many books as you can

B．get as many dictionaries as you can

C．buy a lot of books

D．have a very large English dictionary

阅读理解

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of word. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories youneed to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school you will learn only one thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary ( 词汇). You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．The number of different languages spoken is ________ .

[　　]

2．Before you leave school you will learn ________ .

[　　]

3．Each language usually has ________ .

[　　]

4．To make your vocabulary larger you must ________ .

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A．read as many books as you can

B．get as many dictionaries as you can

C．buy a lot of books

D．have a very large English dictionary