If you don’t use a dictionary. What should you do instead? The first thing you can do is trying to guess what the word means. Often the surrounding context gives a very clear idea of the meaning of the word. Even if you can’t work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea, enough to enable you to continue reading.
Sometimes It is impossible to guess the meaning of a word from the context and then you will have to decide whether the word is important enough to make it worthwhile stopping and looking it up in a dictionary or whether you can just pass it by.
Many times in your reading, you will e across words which you don’t know, but which do not prevent you from understanding all the main points of the text. You can made your dictionary use much more efficient if you only look up the words which are necessary to understand the text. and this means that you must develop the skill to decide whether the words are worth looking up.
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us in our reading what we would do .A．without knowledge of EnglishB．when we look up words in a dictionaryC．when we are guessing new wordsD．without using a dictionary【小题2】What does the underlined word “vague” mean?A．Mysterious.B．Not clear.C．Exact. D．Important.【小题3】In our reading some words we don’t know .A．help us to understand the text wellB．don’t prevent us from understanding the main points of the textC．will be remembered foreverD．are borrowed from other languages【小题4】In this passage the writer .A．advised us to use the dictionary as much as possibleB．told us not to be discouraged by the sight of a dictionaryC．gave us some advice on how to deal with these unknown wordsD．introduced some ways to take notes in the course of readingD
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(答案→)D
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【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了阅读文章时，我们遇到生词的处理方法。
【小题1】D考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的第一句话If you don’t use a dictionary. What should you do instead?可知，文章回答的是：如果你不用词典，你在阅读文章的时候，怎么做？故选D。
【小题2】B考查推测词义。根据文章第一段中的Even if you can’t work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea, enough to enable you to continue reading.可知，即使你不能弄清楚这词的准确意思，你可以知道它的模糊意思，这足以使你继续阅读。故选B。
【小题3】B考查细节理解。根据文章第三段中的Many times in your reading, you will e across words which you don’t know, but which do not prevent you from understanding all the main points of the text.可知，在我们阅读文章的时候，我们会遇到一些我们不懂的词，这不会阻止你理解文章的大意。故选B。
【小题4】C考查文章大意。根据文章第一段中的中心句可知，文章告诉了我们处理阅读时遇到生词的三个方法。1.根据语境猜测词义；2.在不影响大意的情况下，跳过这些词；3.判断你有没有必要查这个词。