You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation(发音),the part of speech(词性),the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How do you find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order(按字母顺序排列).In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B,C,D,E…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”.

Do you understand how to look up a word in dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will use it as often as possible(尽可能)in your English learning.

根据短文内容判断正误:

1.When you don’t know a word, the best way is to ask your teacher.

2.When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should understand not only its Chinese meaning, but also its pronunciation, the part of speech and the use of it.

3.In the English-Chinese dictionary, the first part is the word beginning with the letter A.

4.Here are four words, “blind”, “murder” “monument” and “boyhood”. Their right order in the English-Chinese dictionary is blind,boyhood,murder,monument.

5.The English-Chinese dictionary is our good friend in learning Chinese.

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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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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(发音),the part of speech(词性).the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How do you find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First,a11 the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order(按字母顺序排列).In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A-then B,C,D,E…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”.

Do you understand how to look up a word in dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will use it as often as possible(尽可能) in your English learning.

根据短文内容判断正误:

1 When you don’t know a word, the best way is to ask your teacher.

2 When you look up a word in the English Chinese dictionary, you should understand not

only its Chinese meaning, but also its pronunciation, the part of speech and the use of it.

3 In the English—Chinese dictionary, the first part is the word beginning with the letter A.

4 Here are four words,“blind, murder monument and boy hood.” Their right order in the

English Chinese dictionary is blind, boyhood, murder, monument.

5 The English—Chinese dictionary is our good friend in learning Chinese.