Question

    As students, we often read English books, and we often come across new English words. We always try to guess what the words mean (意思是) from the words we learned before, but when we can not guess the meanings of new words at all, what should we do?

We have a good friend then. From him we can learn what a word means, how to read a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with us, and we can ask him to help us. Do you know who this friend is?

It is a dictionary. A dictionary is very important. We can look up new words in it. We can also learn some important things about words from it, so we must know how to use it. When we look up a new word in a dictionary, we can find where the first letter is, then go to the page to find the meaning of it. For example, if we want to find the word STUDENT, we can find where the letter S is, then ST and so on.

1.What does the phrase come across mean in this passage?

A.过来 B.遇到 C.穿过 D.醒来

2.Who is the good friend in paragraph 2?

A.An English book B.An English teacher C.A dictionary D.An Englishman

3.From the passage we know that a dictionary can’t help us __________.

A.learn what a word means. B.make good friends.

C.learn some important things about words. D.read a word.

4.What does it refer to in the last paragraph?

A.A dictionary B.The new word C.A letter D.A student

5.If we want to find the word DECENT in a dictionary, which letter should we find first?

A.T B.E C.D D.N

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

文章大意：在阅读英语时，我们经常遇到新的英语单词。我们总是试着从以前学过的单词中猜出单词的意思，但是当我们根本猜不出生词的意思时，我们该可知查字典，字典能告诉我们一切，所以我们必须学会使用字典。

1.词句猜测题。根据上文we often read English books, 我们经常读英语书，以及下文We always try to guess what the words mean from the words we learned before, 我们总是试着从以前学过的单词中猜出单词的意思，结合and we often come across new English words.可知是我们经常“遇到”新单词，所以come across的意思应是“遇到”，故答案选B。

2.细节理解题。根据Do you know who this friend is? It is a dictionary. 你知道这个朋友是谁吗?它是一本字典。可知这个好朋友是“一本字典”，故答案选C。

3.细节理解题。根据From him we can learn what a word means, how to read a word, how to use a word, and so on. 从他那里我们可以学到一个词的意思，如何读一个词，如何使用一个词，等等。可知A、C、D选项字典都可以帮到我们，但B选项“交朋友”是字典不能帮助我们的，故答案选B。

4.词义猜测题。根据When we look up a new word in a dictionary, we can find where the first letter is, then go to the page to find the meaning of it. 当我们在字典里查一个新单词时，我们可以找到第一个字母在哪里，然后翻到下一页去找它的意思。由此可知此处的“it”指的是前面提到的新单词，故答案选B。

5.细节理解题。根据When we look up a new word in a dictionary, we can find where the first letter is, 当我们在字典里查一个新单词时，我们可以找到它的第一个字母在哪里，所以我们想在字典里找到“DECENT”这个词，我们应该先找到字母D，故答案选C。