专题08阅读理解七选五

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【新课标Ⅰ卷】Notallgreatwritersaregreatspellers.Ifyouwanttobepublished,itsvitaltosubmitaperfect,professionallypresentedmanuscript(原稿).____36____Noeditorislikelytotolerateawriterwhodoesnottakethetroubletospellwordscorrectly.

Ikeeptworeferencebooksclose-byonmydesk:dictionaryandthesaurus(同义词词典).Idonttrustmylaptopsspellchecker.____37____Ofcourse,thesedaysthereareplentyofonlinedictionariesandthesauruses,butImold-fashionedenoughtopreferahardcoverandpagesIcanleafthroughwithmyfingers.IusetheConciseOxfordDictionaryandtheCollinsThesaurus.

____38____Itshouldgiveyouaprecisedefinitionofeachword,thusdifferentiatingitfromotherwordswhosemeaningsaresimilar,butnotidentical.Itwillalsousuallyshowhowthewordispronounced.

Inaddition,Ihaveanoldtwo-volumecopyoftheShorterOxfordDictionary,pickedupafewyearsagoinabookshopsaleforjust99pence.Ofcourse,withits2,672pages,itsnotexactlyshort.Itcontainsaround163,000words,pluswordcombinationsandidiomaticphrases.____39____However,ifIneedtochecktheoriginofawordortolookupexamplesofitsusage,theresnothingbetter.

ForwelloverahundredyearsthemostinfluentialEnglishdictionarywasSamuelJohnsonsDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagepublishedin1755.Tomakedictionariesisdull(乏味)work,wroteJohnson,illustratingonedefinitionofdull.____40____Afewminutesspentcastingyoureyeoverapageortwocanbearewardingexperience.

A.Idontoftenusethisdictionary.

B.Ittakesnoaccountofthecontext.

C.ButIstilldontwanttoreplacethem.

D.Butadictionarycanbeapleasuretoread.

E.Ofcourse,adictionaryisnotonlyforspelling.

F.Thatmeansgoodgrammarandnospellingmistakes.

G.Dictionariesdontalwaysgiveyouenoughinformation.

【答案】36.F37.B38.E39.A40.D

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