Question

【題目】閱讀填空（共2小題）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

You’re probably most familiar with college dictionaries, often called abridged dictionaries．Although abridged means ―shortened, these dictionaries contain more than 150,000 entries and provide detailed definitions that are sufficient for most college students and general users.

【1】_________.Webster’s Ⅱ New Riverside University Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language are college dictionaries.

Unabridged dictionaries contain as many as 500,000 entries and provide detailed definitions and extensive word histories (etymologies詞源)．【2】_________．Unabridged dictionaries include the Oxford English Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.

【3】_________．Some entries also include plurals and capitalized forms, synonyms,antonyms, and derivatives．Americanisms and etymologies may be provided along with usage notes, cross-references, and idioms. If you prefer using the dictionary on a computer, you can obtain CD-ROM versions of many major dictionaries．In addition, you can access numerous dictionaries, such as WWWebster’s Dictionary, on the Internet．【4】__________．Online dictionaries also offer additional features, such as word games, language tips, and amusing facts about words．Some online dictionary services allow you to access numerous dictionaries, both general and specialized, in on search.

【5】_________．For example, there are dictionaries for the specialized vocabularies of law, computer technology, and medicine．In addition, there are dictionaries of synonyms, cliche’s, slang, and even regional expressions, such as the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)．There are also dictionaries of foreign languages, famous people’s names, literary characters’ names and place names.

A．Specialized dictionaries provide in-depth information about a certain field.

B．These dictionaries, possibly in several volumes and mostly found in libraries, are excellent sources for scholarly inquiries.

C．But dictionaries these days do not judge how a word should be used．They simply describe how people use them, and Random House, for example, have free online services.

D．Online dictionaries allow you to enter a search word to see a definition, and sometimes even an illustration.

E．College dictionaries also contain separate lists of abbreviations, biographical and

geographical names, foreign words and phrases, and tables of measures.

F．A dictionary entry has many elements: multiple definitions, syllabication, preferred spelling and pronunciation, and part-of-speech labels.

G．Many of the 10,000 new words in the Eleventh Edition of the Collegiate Dictionary involve computers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】B

【3】F

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

【1】該空格填的是本段的開頭總起句，根據(jù)文章下面的內(nèi)容可知是講述字典的分類的，可判斷出E為此空格的答案。

【2】本段講述的是字典的功能，根據(jù)本段的主要內(nèi)容并且結(jié)合選項的意思，可知B選項為正確答案。

【3】根據(jù)本段后面出現(xiàn)的synonyms,antonyms, and derivatives等關鍵詞，并且結(jié)合個選項的內(nèi)容，可知F為正確答案。

【4】根據(jù)題前的on the Internet這一個提示詞，可知D選項中的online與之匹配，，故選D。

【5】根據(jù)本題后面出現(xiàn)的specialized這一關鍵詞，并結(jié)合選項的內(nèi)容，可知A為正確選項。