Question

【題目】完形填空

A good dictionary is an important tool. It will tell you not only what a word means but also how it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.

A new English dictionary will only tell you______most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right______wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only____people use a word, a dictionary will_____tell you this or not list it.

Every dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you_____to break a word. And they also show you how a word_____

Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often listed first. In_____, the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always_____the front part. This part explains how to use it.

Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes from. Do you know that the word “brand” (標(biāo)記) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who____them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals____they would not be stolen.

Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.

【1】A. how B. what C. why D. if

【2】A. and B. or C. but D. not

【3】A. a little B. many C. a few D. a lot of

【4】A. neither B. nor C. both D. either

【5】A. when B. where C. why D. which

【6】A. speaks B. is spoke C. be spoken D. is spoken

【7】A. another B. the other C. others D. other

【8】A. see B. watch C. look D. read

【9】A. builds B. makes C. built D. made

【10】A. when B. in order to C. so that D. before

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文主要講了一本好字典是一個(gè)有用的工具，因?yàn)樗�不僅可以告訴你一個(gè)詞的含義，而且也可以告訴你這個(gè)詞的用法。一個(gè)字典十年就需要重新印刷，因?yàn)橐槐竞米值浔仨氄宫F(xiàn)出語(yǔ)言的發(fā)展。

【1】考查疑問(wèn)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。一本好字典可以告訴你大多數(shù)人在今天是如何使用語(yǔ)言的，但它不會(huì)告訴你什么是對(duì)什么是錯(cuò)的。A. how怎樣；B. what什么；C. why為什么；D. if如果，故選A.

【2】考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。一本好字典可以告訴你大多數(shù)人在今天是如何使用語(yǔ)言的，但它不會(huì)告訴你什么是對(duì)什么是錯(cuò)的。A. and和，又，而；or 或者；C. but但是； D. not不是。故選B 。

【3】考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。如果只有很少的人使用這個(gè)詞，那么字典就會(huì)告訴你，或者就不把這個(gè)詞列入字典。A. a little有點(diǎn)修飾不可數(shù)名詞；B.many很多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；C. a few 幾個(gè)，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)； D. a lot of 很多，既可修飾不可數(shù)詞也可修飾可數(shù)名詞。故選C。

【4】考查代詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。一本好字典可以告訴你大多數(shù)人在今天是如何使用語(yǔ)言的，但它不會(huì)告訴你什么是對(duì)什么是錯(cuò)的。A. neither兩者都被；B. nor表示否定；C. both 兩者都； D. either…or或者，或者。故選D。

【5】考查疑問(wèn)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。如果你想查一個(gè)很長(zhǎng)的詞語(yǔ)，那么就查字典吧，它會(huì)告訴你一個(gè)詞怎么分音節(jié)，并告訴你正確地讀法。A. when何時(shí)；B. where在哪；C. why為什么；D. which哪個(gè)。故選B。

【6】考查被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)及語(yǔ)境的理解。如果你想查一個(gè)很長(zhǎng)的詞語(yǔ)，那么就查字典吧，它會(huì)告訴你一個(gè)詞怎么分音節(jié)，并告訴你正確地讀法。當(dāng)主語(yǔ)是動(dòng)作的承受者，用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【7】考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。在另一些字典中，那些最新的意思都會(huì)在后面列出。other可作形容詞或代詞，做形容詞時(shí)，意思是“別的，其他”，泛指“其他的（人或物）”。 2.the other指兩個(gè)人或物中的一個(gè)時(shí)，只能用the other，不能用another，此時(shí)的other作代詞。the other后可加單數(shù)名詞，也可加復(fù)數(shù)名詞，此時(shí)的other作形容詞。3.others是other的復(fù)數(shù)形式，泛指“另外幾個(gè)”，“其余的”。在句中可作主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)。4.the others意思是“其他東西，其余的人”。特指某一范圍內(nèi)的“其他的（人或物）”。5.another，既可作形容詞，也可作代詞，只能用于三個(gè)或更多的人或物，泛指同類(lèi)事物中的三者或三者以上的“另一個(gè)”，只能代替或修飾單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞。故選C

【8】考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。所以當(dāng)你用一本字典之前，一定要看前言，這部分將會(huì)告訴你如何人使用這本字典。A. see 看到；B. watch觀看； C. look看，表示看的動(dòng)作；D. read看書(shū)看報(bào)用read。故選D。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。這是因?yàn)樵S多年以前人們把自己的名字燒刻在桌子和衣服上，以顯示是誰(shuí)做的。故選D。

【10】考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。他們有時(shí)也把自己的名字刻在牧羊身上以防丟失。A. when當(dāng)…時(shí)； B. in order to為了，加動(dòng)詞原形；C. so that為了。表示目的； D. Before在..以前。故選C。