【WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglishyoumayoftenmeetwithanewword.What'sthebestwaytoknowit?YoumaylookitupintheEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciatio】

WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglishyoumayoftenmeetwithanewword.What'sthebestwaytoknowit?

YoumaylookitupintheEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciationtheChinesemeaningandhowtousetheword.ButhowcanyouknowwherethewordisinthousandsofEnglishwords?Howtofinditinthedictionarybothfastandcorrectly?

FirstalltheEnglishwordsarearranged（排列）intheletterorder.InthedictionaryyoucanseethewordsbeginningwithletterAthenBCD...Thatmeansiftherearetwowordsforexample“desert”and“pull”“desert”willbecertainlybefore“pull”.Theniftherearetwowordsbothbeginningwiththesameletteryoumaylookatthesecondletter.Thenthethirdthefourth...Forexample“pardon”isbefore“plough”“judge”isbefore“just”etc.

Doyouunderstandhowtolookupawordinadictionary?

Thedictionarywillbeveryhelpfultoyou.Ihopeyou'lluseitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishstudy.

(1)Thistextisabout________.

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A．newwordsinreading

B．thebestwayofreading

C．usinganEnglish-Chinesedictionary

(2)Youmaynotfind________inadictionary.

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A．howtoreadtheword

B．thespellingoftheword

C．whousedthewordfirst

(3)InanEnglish-Chinesedictionarythelastword________.

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A．beginswithZ

B．beginswithA

C．isashortone

(4)WhichgroupofwordsisintherightorderinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary?

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A．perhapsproducep