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【題目】Longman Dictionary of American English （CD for PC or MAC）

Why is it unique？

The Longman Dictionary of American English is unique because it has been written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary． Other dictionaries use high﹣level language in their definitions which forces students to look up the defining words as well as the words they're looking up in the first place． Only the Longman Dictionary of American English uses a defining vocabulary made of the 2，000 words that make up the intermediate﹣level student's most used vocabulary．

What are the other features？

The Longman Corpus Network is a powerful group of databases consisting ofmillions of words． The Longman American Written Corpus contains over 110 million words taken from newspapers， journals， magazines， best﹣selling novels， technical and scientific writing， and coffee﹣table books．

Longman compilers （編者）use this computerized word bank to acquire a new depth of knowledge about words， usage， prepositions， the latest language trends' and grammatical patterns using up﹣to﹣the﹣minute technology．The written and spoken corpuses assure that this edition of the Longman Dictionary of American English will provide the most accurate and up﹣to﹣date assistance to students who want to speak and write American English．

【1】Longman Dictionary of American English is mainly for ．

A. low﹣level learners

B. learners of different levels

C. advanced﹣level learners

D. intermediate﹣level learners

【2】The main purpose of this passage is to ．

A. tell readers why American English is more popular

B. inform students of how they can find the grammar patterns

C. guide readers how they can use the dictionary on computer

D. explain why the dictionary is different from other dictionaries

【3】The following about the dictionary are all correct EXCEPT that ．

A. the definitions are easy to read

B. it is made up of 2，000 words

C. it contains a lot of daily usage

D. it is updated regularly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，主要介紹了《朗曼美語(yǔ)詞典》不同于其他詞典的獨(dú)特之處。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Only the Longman Dictionary of American English uses a defining vocabulary made of the 2，000 words that make up the intermediate﹣level student's most used vocabulary．”可知，《朗曼美語(yǔ)詞典》使用了由2000個(gè)單詞組成的定義性詞匯，這些詞匯構(gòu)成了中級(jí)水平學(xué)生使用最多的詞匯，也就是說(shuō)《朗曼美語(yǔ)詞典》主要是針對(duì)中級(jí)水平的學(xué)生，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【2】文章意圖題。通讀全文，特別是根據(jù)第一段中的“The Longman Dictionary of American English is unique because it has been written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary．”可知，本文主要介紹了《朗曼美語(yǔ)詞典》不同于其他詞典的獨(dú)特之處是因?yàn)樗怯美事x的詞匯編寫的．由此可知，這篇文章的主要目的是解釋這本詞典為什么不同于其他詞典．故D項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“The Longman American Written Corpus contains over 110 million words taken from newspapers， journals， magazines， best﹣selling novels， technical and scientific writing， and coffee﹣table books．”可知，朗曼詞典美國(guó)書面語(yǔ)料庫(kù)包含了超過(guò)1.1億個(gè)摘自報(bào)紙、期刊、雜志、暢銷小說(shuō)，科技寫作和茶幾書籍的單詞，所以B的說(shuō)法是錯(cuò)誤的，故B項(xiàng)正確。

文章意圖題的難度較大，把握文章主題句是關(guān)鍵，根據(jù)第一段中的“The Longman Dictionary of American English is unique because it has been written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary．”可知，本文主要介紹了《朗曼美語(yǔ)詞典》不同于其他詞典的獨(dú)特之處是因?yàn)樗怯美事x的詞匯編寫的．下文又介紹了它的一些特點(diǎn)，由此可知，這篇文章的主要目的是解釋這本詞典為什么不同于其他詞典。