问题 完形填空
完形填空。
        A good dictionary is     1    important tool (工具). It will tell you     2    only what a word means but
   3    how it    4   . A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop (发展)
and a good dictionary must     5    these new changes. 
       A new English dictionary will only tell you     6    most people use the language today. It will not tell you
what is right     7    wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only     8    people use a word, a
dictionary will     9    tell you this or not list (编列) it. 
        10    dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type (用打字机打) a word and the word is too
long,    11   in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you    12    to break (拆开) a word. And they also show
you how a word    13   
       Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like "get" or "take", may have
lots of meanings (意思). In some dictionaries, the main (主要的) meanings are often listed first. In   14   , the
newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always    15    the front part.
This part explains    16   .
       Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes    17   . Do you know that the word "brand" (标记)
comes from an old word? This old word means "to burn". This is because    18    years ago people burned their
names on tables or boats to show who    19    them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals
  20    they would not be stolen.
       Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it
can become your best useful book.
( )1. A. a         
( )2. A. no       
( )3. A. too       
( )4. A. uses     
( )5. A. to show    
( )6. A. how       
( )7. A. and       
( )8. A. a little  
( )9. A. neither    
( )10. A. Every    
( )11. A. look up it 
( )12. A. when      
( )13. A. speaks    
( )14. A. another  
( )15. A. see     
( )16. A. how use it 
( )17. A. into      
( )18. A. hundreds of    
( )19. A. builds    
( )20. A.when                   
B. an        
B. that      
B. either     
B. is using    
B. show       
B. what       
B. or        
B. many       
B. nor      
B. Some       
B. look for it 
B. where     
B. is spoke   
B. the other  
B. look      
B. to how use it
B. up                       
B. hundred of  
B. makes     
B. in order to 
C. the         
C. not         
C. yet         
C. is used      
C. shows        
C. why         
C. but         
C. a few         
C. both       
C. All          
C. look it up    
C. why       
C. be spoken      
C. others      
C. watch      
C. how to use it  
C. by           
C. a hundred of           
C. build       
C. so that  
D. very             
D. if               
D. also             
D. used             
D. be shown         
D. if               
D. not              
D. a lot of           
D. either         
D. Many              
D. look it out       
D. which          
D. is spoken          
D. other          
D. read             
D. to how to use it 
D. from             
D. hundred                
D. made             
D. before       
答案

1-5: B C D C B         6-10: A B C D A

11-15: C B D C D    16-20: C D A D C

阅读理解

阅读理解。

     The writings of Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited

to those who choose to study literature at university.

     Shakespeare's work, together with most other classics, is seen as remote, and written in a 400-year-old

version of English that is about as inviting as toothache.

     Still, in British schools, it is compulsory to study the bard (诗人), and when something is made compulsory,

usually the result is boredom, resentment (憎恨) or both.

     This was my experience of the classics at school. But when I reached my late teenage years, I had a change

of heart. Like every other young person since the dawn of time, the world confused me. I wanted answers, so

I turned to books to find them.

     I went on to take a PhD in literature and have taught it in Britain and China. I have never regretted it. There

is something in literature that people want, even if they don't read books. You see this in the popularity of TV

and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice being a case

in point. These popular adaptations may help increase people's interest in the classics.

     Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeare play. If that is the case,

then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the same thing. Shakespeare is a

poet. His greatness is in his language. Reading someone else's rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana,

throwing away the fruit, and eating the skin. Take on the original. It really is worth the effort.

1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The language used in classics is no longer in use today.

B. British students usually find compulsory reading dull.

C. Only those studying literature read Shakespeare's works.

D. For British people, Shakespeare's works are no longer classics.

2. According to the passage, the writer _____.

A. has liked literary classics since an early age

B. was forced to read the classics for a PhD

C. turned to literature to seek answers in his teens

D. thinks only people who read books like literature

3. The popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works may help people _____.

A. learn more about tradition

B. get a PhD in literature

C. seek their answers about the world

D. become more interested in the classics

4. What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. The fruit of a banana is more useful than its skin.

B. The rewriting trend does more harm than good.

C. Readers should try to read the original versions.

D. Readers need to learn the language in the classics.

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