(A)難易度☆☆☆

There are many words in the English language. You will never __1__ the meaning of every word in English. When you read， you will often find many __2__ you do not know. You will not have enough time to __3__ reading and try to find every new word in a dictionary.

Sometimes you can __4__ a new word because you know some of the parts of the new word. For example， if a wordends __5__ the letters “er”， that word __6__ be the name of a __7__ or a thing that does a certain action(某個動作). A writer is a person who writes. __8__ it is not __9__ to know the parts of a new word to understand it， __10__ it will help you many times.

1. A. knowB. learnC. findD. look up

2. A. booksB. lettersC. storiesD. words

3. A. stopB. enjoyC. keepD. start

4. A. findB. getC. studyD. guess

5. A. inB. offC. upD. by

6. A. canB. might(可能)C. shouldD. must

7. A. friendB. boyC. personD. girl

8. A. ThenB. NowC. YetD. Sometimes

9. A. helpfulB. usefulC. enoughD. good

10. A. butB. andC. soD. for

(B)難易度☆☆☆

Many of the world’s pollution(污染) problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people __1__ cities. Finding the __2__ for people leads to __3__ pollutions by industry(工業(yè)). If the quick growth of human population goes on __4__ the present rate， there may be much greater harm(危險). Some scientists speak of the growth in number of people as “__5__ pollutions”.

About 2，000 years ago， the world population was probably(大概) about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It was __6__ billion in 1990s. It has __7__ by the year 2000. If the population keeps growing at the same rate， there would be 25 billion people in the world a hundred years from now!

Man has been using the earth’s resources(資源) __8__ quickly over the years. Some of them are almost gone. Now many people believe that __9__ greatest problem is __10__ to control the growth of his own population.

1. A. intoB. outC. goD. off

2. A. usageB. needsC. importance D. goodness

3. A. fartherB. nearerC. furtherD. less

4. A. inB. at C. withD. on

5. A. popularity B. pollutionC. possibilityD. population

6. A. three and a halfB. three halves

C. three half and aD. two times

7. A. doubleB. been doubledC. twiceD. more

8. A. less and less B. much and moreC. more and more D. more or less

9. A. man’s B. men’sC. woman’s D. women’s

10. A. whatB. when C. howD. who

(C)難易度☆☆☆☆

A good dictionary is __1__ important tool(工具). It will tell you __2__ only what a word means but __3__ how it __4__. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop(發(fā)展) and a good dictionary must __5__ these new changes.

A new English dictionary will only tell you __6__ most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right __7__ wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only __8__ people use a word， a dictionary will __9__ tell you this or not list(編列) it.

__10__ dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type(用打字機打) a word and the word is too long，__11__ in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you __12__ to break(拆開) a word. And they also show you how a word __13__.

Every dictionary， of course， tells you what a word means. But some words， like “get” or “take”， may have lots of meanings(意思). In some dictionaries， the main(主要的) meanings are often listed first. In __14__， the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary， you should always __15__ the front part. This part explains __16__.

Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes __17__. Do you know that the word “brand”(標記) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because __18__ years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who __19__ them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals __20__ 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. aB. anC. theD. very

2. A. noB. thatC. notD. if

3. A. tooB. eitherC. yetD. also

4. A. usesB. is usingC. is usedD. used

5. A. to showB. showC. showsD. be shown

6. A. howB. whatC. whyD. if

7. A. andB. orC. butD. not

8. A. a littleB. manyC. a fewD. a lot of

9. A. neitherB. norC. bothD. either

10. A. EveryB. SomeC. AllD. Many

11. A. look up itB. look for itC. look it upD. look it out

12. A. whenB. whereC. whyD. which

13. A. speaksB. is spokeC. be spokenD. is spoken

14. A. anotherB. the otherC. othersD. other

15. A. seeB. lookC. watchD. read

16. A. how use itB. to how use itC. how to use itD. to how to use it

17. A. intoB. upC. byD. from

18. A. hundreds ofB. hundred ofC. a hundred ofD. hundred

19. A. buildsB. makesC. buildD. made

20. A. whenB. in order toC. so thatD. before

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