Question

How do you improve your spelling?1.Just as we learn spoken language by hearing lots of people speaking, we learn written language, including spelling, by reading what a lot of people write. Spelling is not about how a word sound, it’s about how it looks on the page, which means you have to look at a lot of words on the page to learn the correct spelling about it.

Make a list of your commonly misspelled words.2.When you get a chance, look it up and put the correct spelling next to it.

3. If you look it up more than once, add it to your personal list.

Write! Write! Write! 4.When you look it up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row and do it again a day or two later. 5.Write a blog, a journal, e-mails, a novel, anything that will keep you using words and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong.

A. There is no substitute(代替) for reading a lot.

B. Put a mark next to every word you look up in the dictionary.

C. Those of us who spell well have a hard time explaining it, too.

D. Let others read your writings, and ask them to circle misspelled words.

E. You’re trying to build up the motor memory of writing it correctly spelled.

F. The only way to really learn a word is to use it, and that counts for spelling as much as for learning its meaning.

G. When you catch yourself spelling the same word wrong over and over, write it down somewhere.

Answer

1.A

2.G

3.B

4.E

5.F

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。为我们讲述了学习语言时拼写的重要性，为我们提供了几个练习拼写能力的建议。

1.根据“How do you improve your spelling?”你怎样提高拼写能力？以及后文的“we learn written language, including spelling, by reading what a lot of people write.”我们通过阅读来学习写作，包括拼写。可知，此处强调的是阅读的重要性，故选A。

2.根据“Make a list of your commonly misspelled words.___2___When you get a chance, look it up and put the correct spelling next to it.”制作一个你常拼错的单词的清单。当你有空时查找词典，在旁边写上正确的词。可知本处强调的是把错误的词写在同一个地方以便改正。故选G。

3.根据“___3___ If you look it up more than once, add it to your personal list.

”当你查得不止一遍时，把它放到你的个人清单上。可知，此处依旧在强调查找、处理单词的方式，与此处查找单词有关的选项为B，故选B。

4.根据“When you look it up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row and do it again a day or two later.”当你查找怎样拼写一个单词时，把它多次记下来，一两天后再做一遍。可知，此处强调我们要重复记忆正确的拼写方式。故选E。

5.根据“Write a blog, a journal, e-mails, a novel, anything that will keep you using words and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong.”写博客、日记、邮件、小说等任何可以让你不断拼写并且要注意是否错误的东西。可知，此处强调的是要学会在实际中使用这些拼写的单词。故选F。