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.過來 B.遇到 C.穿過 D.醒來

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