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) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just have a look at 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 and easy to understand.
小題1:According to the passage, “neighbor” is used in ______ English.
A．AustralianB．CanadianC．AmericanD．British
小題2:In Paragraph 5, what does the underlined word “definition” mean? 
A．詞性B．詞條C．詞庫D．詞義
小題3:The dictionary explains ______. 
A．some of the difficult wordsB．a(chǎn)ll the words in a simple way
C．a(chǎn)ll the easy wordsD．the words of two meanings

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要是關(guān)于字典的。字典包含了單詞的拼寫，發(fā)音，詞意等信息。要使用好字典，應該先了解字典。字典里會注明一些單詞的英式拼寫和美式拼寫，并且使用特殊字母表來幫助你正確讀出單詞。它還會用簡單的單詞來解釋單詞的含義，使單詞更易理解。
小題1:判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. “Colour”是英式英語；而“color”是美式英語。從而可以判斷“neighbor”是美式英語，故選C。
小題2:詞意猜測題。結(jié)合前后文The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.使用字典最重要的原因是找到單詞的意思——它的詞義；故選D。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained and easy to understand.這意味著甚至最難的單詞的詞意也能輕易地解釋和容易理解；故選B。
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