Question

When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was    36    to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.    37    it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one.    38    , to be honest, I found it extremely    39    to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and    40    

not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the    41   bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are    42    both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt    43    to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I    44    that monolingual dictionaries are    45    in learning a foreign language.

As I found out, there is,    46   , often no perfect equivalence(對應)between two    47   in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to    48   that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the    49    meaning of a word in English!    50  , she insisted that I read the definition(定義)of a word in a monolingual dictionary    51    I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning.    52   , I have come to see what she meant.

Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses only a(n)   53    number of words, around 2,000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am    54    exposed to(接觸)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.    55    this, I can express myself more easily in English.

1.A. worried                       B. sad                                   C. surprised                        D. nervous

2. A. Because                     B. Although                         C. Unless                             D. If

3.A. But                               B. So                                     C. Or                                    D. Then

4. A. difficult                       B. interesting                     C. helpful                             D. practical

5.A. thus                              B. even                                 C. still                                   D. again

6.A. new                              B. familiar                           C. earlier                             D. ordinary

7.A. explained                    B. expressed                      C. described                       D. created

8.A. offered                        B. agreed                            C. decided                           D. happened

9. A. imagine                      B. recommend                   C. predict                            D. understand

10. A. natural                     B. better                              C. easier                              D. convenient

11. A. at least                    B. in fact                              C. at times                          D. in case

12. A. words                       B. names                             C. ideas                                D. characters

13.A. hope                          B. declare                            C. doubt                               D. tell

14.A. exact                         B. basic                                C. translated                      D. expected

15.A. Rather                       B. However                         C. Therefore                       D. Instead

16. A. when                        B. before                             C. until                                 D. while

17. A. LargelyB. Generally                                             C. Gradually                        D. Probably

18. A. extra                         B. average                          C. total                                 D. limited

19. A. repeatedl  B. nearly     C. immediately  D. anxiously

20.A. According to   B. In relation to                      C. In addition to                 D. Because of

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C2.B3.B4.A5.C6.B7.A8.C9.D10.B 11.B12.A13.B14.A15.C 16.A17.C18.D19.A20.D

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