Ⅱ.閱讀理解。
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What is the best way to know it? An English dictionary will be a lot of help. But how to use a dictionary?
Here is some advice.
English dictionaries usually list words in alphabetical order.
Step 1: Search (查找) from the first letter (第一個字母) to the next until you find the word.
Step 2: After finding the word, look for its pronunciation (發音) of the word and read it.
Step 3: Usually a word has different meanings. You should tell which one you truly want.
After you know the word's meaning, don't forget to learn how to use the word from example sentences (例句). At the same time, try to use this word to make more sentences. And you'll find it helps to improve (提高) your English.
(
B
)1. What's the meaning of the underlined (畫線的) words "alphabetical order" in Paragraph 2?
A. 音標順序
B. 字母順序
C. 長短順序
(
A
)2. If you want to know the meaning of "stand", you should search the letter ______ first in the dictionary.
A. S
B. T
C. A
(
B
)3. Here are four words: (1) regular, (2) relative, (3) reject, (4) relax. According to the text, what is the right order in the dictionary?
A. (1)(2)(3)(4)
B. (1)(3)(2)(4)
C. (2)(3)(4)(1)
D. (3)(4)(1)(2)
(
C
)4. The word "stand" in the following sentence means ______.
e.g. If you are free, please go to the fruit stand and buy some fruit back.
A. ① [usually singular] a strong effort to defend yourself or your opinion about sth. 保衛；捍衛；維護；抗辯
e.g. We must make a stand against job losses.
B. ② [usually singular] ~ (on sth.) attitude towards sth. or an opinion that you make clear to people 態度；立場；觀點
C. ③a place where things are sold 貨攤；售貨亭
e.g. We can buy some fruits and vegetables at a stand.
D. ④a place where taxis, buses, etc. park 停車處；站
e.g. We can park taxis at the stand.
(
B
)5. What does the writer think of the way to improve English through dictionaries?
A. Easy.
B. Helpful.
C. Sorry.
