Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. Your active vocabulary contains the words you understand and use in speech and in print, and your passive vocabulary includes the words you do not use but understand. Although children learn more new words than adults, the vocabulary of an adult is not fixed and can be increased. Improve your language repertoire (全部技能) with daily exposure to new words, their pronunciations and meanings.
. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow. Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know.
Find a new word every day. If you do not encounter an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one.
Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word you encounter. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech.
Explain the meaning of the word so that you can connect it to something memorable. Use imagery and personal relevance(关联). If you have just learned that the word “obstinate” means stubborn and unyielding, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his car. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as obstinate in his refusal.
Use your new word in speech and in writing. Tell a friend about your boss obstinately refusing to reschedule your vacation time. E-mail your sister about how your cat is obstinate about sleeping on your pillow. The first time you use a new word in speech it may seem clumsy and forced, but the more you use it, the more fluent you will bee in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.
Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is, or to ask for the definition of a new word you have used. The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about? (no more than 6 words)
【小题2】What should we do if there is no unfamiliar word in our daily reading? (no more than 7 words)
【小题3】What’s the purpose of the example of the word “obstinate”( no more than 15 words)
【小题4】Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)
【小题5】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 probably refer to ? (no more than 3 words )
How to enlarge your vocabulary fast.
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(答案→)How to enlarge your vocabulary fast.
解析：人的词汇分为积极词汇和被动词汇，积极词汇指的是人们在口头和书面中能够理解和使用的词汇，而被动词汇包括能理解但是不能运用的词汇。但是对于一个人来说，积极词汇不是固定不变的，而是可以增加的。在本文中作者关于如何增加积极词汇提出了几条建议。
【小题1】How to enlarge your vocabulary fast. 信息归纳题。文章首段提出the vocabulary of an adult is not fixed and can be increased. “一个人的词汇不是固定不变的是可以增加的”，然后提出了几条关于如何扩大词汇的方法，由此推断文章中心是如何快速增加词汇量，即：How to enlarge your vocabulary fast.。
【小题2】Use your dictionary to search for one. .信息查找题。从文章第三段If you do not encounter an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one 可知对于不认识的单词要查字典，即：.Use your dictionary to search for one。
【小题3】We can use imagery and personal relevance to explain the meaning of a word.。 信息判断题。在文章第五段作者提出We can use imagery and personal relevance to explain the meaning of a word ，然后以单词 “obstinate”为例对此进行进一步解释，所以obstinate是起到论据的作用，用来说明Use imagery and personal relevance。
【小题4】Read every day. 信息归纳题。在第二段作者提到The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.，然后作者在本段主要介绍了经常阅读的重要性，由此判断此处是提倡人们要多进行阅读，所以填Read every day。
【小题5】New word. 信息判断题。根据上句because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary可以判断it 指代a word，句意：为了给你的积极词汇增加一个新词，你必须在讲话时能使用它。