Many American families live busy lives. Every week, the children have sports, music lessons, club meetings and many other activities, including hours of homework. The parents are busy, too. They work, take care of their homes, cook meals and drive their children to activities. Some families do not have time to eat meals together more than once a week. One American community(社區(qū))decided that it was time to take a break.

  After seven months of planning, the community of Ridgewood, New Jersey, took one night off. They called itFamily Night, a night for families to spend time together. Sports teams stopped their practices, and teachers did not give homework.

  On Family Night, families agreed to turn off their televisions. They also decided not to answer the telephone. Answering machine said,Please call back tomorrow.Many families ordered take-out pizza and other take-out food so that they wouldn’t spend time cooking.

  Popular activities included board games and card games. These games gave families a chance to spend time together. Children and parents weren’t so busy, and children didn’t spend so much time playing video games and watching television. On Family Night, families relaxed and spent the evening together. The town hopes to have many moreFamily Nights.

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(l) Many American families are too busy.

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(2) Children have many other activities besides homework.

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(3) It took one night for Ridgewood to plan the specialFamily Night.

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(4) DuringFamily Night, families watched television together.

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(5) Parents cooked a big dinner for the whole family onFamily Night.

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  This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English.It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.

  To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works.At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

  If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word.“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English.When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

  The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly.It uses a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation.If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音標(biāo))with some words to show you how they are pronounced.Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word.

  The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word-its DEFINITION.

  In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words.This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(簡(jiǎn)單解釋)and easy to understand.

  When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for.

  Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world.

(1)

This dictionary cannot help you with ________.

[  ]

A.

singing

B.

grammar

C.

spelling

D.

pronunciation

(2)

________of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

[  ]

A.

All

B.

One

C.

Few

D.

Some

(3)

The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “顏色”in this dictionary is________.

[  ]

A.

colour

B.

collar

C.

color

D.

corner

(4)

The phonetic alphabet helps you each word correctly.

[  ]

A.

understand

B.

write

C.

say

D.

know

(5)

The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is ________.

[  ]

A.

詞性

B.

詞條

C.

詞義

D.

詞庫(kù)

(6)

How many words are there in this dictionary?________.

[  ]

A.

Two thousand

B.

One thousand

C.

One hundred

D.

We don’t know

(7)

The dictionary explains ________.

[  ]

A.

some of the difficult words

B.

all the words in a simple way

C.

all the easy words

D.

the words of two meanings

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